SUMMARY OF SEQUENCE NUMBER 500009

SUMMARY OF SEQUENCE NUMBER 500009

Title: MONITORING OF SN 1987A

Observer: FEIGELSON

Subject Category: SN, SNR, and isolated NS

Seq: 500009 ObsId: 00122

Long-term Plan bin: 16-Jan-2000

ABSTRACT

Over the next decade, the shock front from the supernova explosion SN 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud will interact with a comlex environment. The X-ray emission is likely to brighten and change in various ways as the shock encounters the dense ring, HII region and red giant wind. Regular monitoring of the source throughout the duration of the AXAF mission is needed to test models of remnant evolution, nonequilibrium ionization processes and elemental abundances.

TARGET SUMMARY

TARGET NAME RADEC TIME SI GRAT TYPE TC ROLL PRE PHASE MULTI PRI
SN 1987A
83.867917
-69.270278
10.00000
ACIS-S
NONE
GTO
yes
no
no
no
no
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(NOTE: RASS images currently only available for targets LTS scheduled on or after Apr-09-2000)

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