Infrared Echoes near the Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A

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2005-06-08

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0506186v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

To be published in Science on June 10, 2005. 11 pages, 4 figures. Additional information available at http://www.spitzer.cal

Scientific paper

10.1126/science.1112035

Two images of Cassiopeia A obtained at 24 micrometer with the Spitzer Space Telescope over a one year time interval show moving structures outside the shell of the supernova remnant to a distance of more than 20 arcmin. Individual features exhibit apparent motions of 10 to 20 arcsec per year, independently confirmed by near-infrared observations. The observed tangential velocities are at roughly the speed of light. It is likely that the moving structures are infrared echoes, in which interstellar dust is heated by the explosion and by flares from the compact object near the center of the remnant.

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