X-ray image of the Cygnus Loop

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Jan 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979apj...227..285r&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 227, Jan. 1, 1979, p. 285-290. Science Research Council of England

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Imaging Techniques, Supernova Remnants, X Ray Astronomy, Angular Resolution, High Temperature Gases, Interstellar Matter, Proportional Counters, Satellite Observation, Satellite-Borne Instruments, Stellar Structure, X Ray Sources, X Ray Telescopes

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An X-ray picture of the Cygnus Loop, recorded with an imaging X-ray telescope, is presented. The results are highly suggestive of a limb-brightened shell of hot gas which results from the expansion of a blast wave into the interstellar medium. Spatial structure is clearly evident on scale sizes down to about 1/4 deg, a likely indication of the inhomogeneities in the interstellar medium. No evidence is found for any discrete X-ray-emitting remnant of the original supernova explosion.

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