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Supernova SN 185
File:Rcw86 420.jpgCombined X-ray image from Chandra and XMM-Newton of RCW 86. Low energy X-rays are in red, medium energies in green, and high energies in blue. RCW 86 was created by a star that exploded about 2,000 yr ago. RA 14 45 02.30 Dec −62° 20′ 32.00″, observation date: June 15, 2004. Credit: Chandra: NASA/CXC/Univ. of Utrecht/J.Vink et al. XMM-Newton: ESA/Univ. of Utrecht/J.Vink et al. RCW 86 is the probable remnant of SN 185.
Event typeSupernova remnant, supernova Edit this on Wikidata
Type Ia?
DateDecember 7, 185
ConstellationCircinus and Centaurus
Right ascension14 43
Declination−62° 30′
EpochJ2000
Galactic coordinatesG315.4−2.3
Distance8200 ly
RemnantShell
HostMilky Way
Notable featuresAncient records of SN 185
may be the earliest written
description of a supernova.
Peak apparent magnitude3 to 4, or "as much as -8" according to an older source
Other designationsSN 185, SNR G315.0-02.3, SNR G315.4-02.3, 1ES 1436-62.4, 1RXS J144254.3-622815, 3FHL J1443.0-6227e, AJG 27, 3A 1438-626, GPS 1438-624, MSH 14-6-03, 2FHL J1443.2-6221e
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SN 185 was a supernova which appeared in the year 185 AD, near the direction of Alpha Centauri, between the constellations Circinus and Centaurus, centered at RA 14 43 Dec −62° 30′, in Circinus. This "guest star" was observed by Chinese astronomers in the Book of Later Han, and may have been recorded in Roman literature. It remained visible in the night sky for eight months. This is believed to have been the first supernova recorded by humankind.

The gaseous shell RCW 86 is suspected as being the supernova remnant of this event. The distance to this object is estimated to be 8200 light years. Recent X-ray studies show a good match for the expected age.

RCW 86 is an optical designation that refers to a bright complex of optical emission filaments in the southwest part of the shell, which also exhibits the brightest radio and X-ray emission. RCW 86 is a shell-type SNR of large angular size ~45 arcmin.

X-ray source

The average position of the currently brightest X-ray source is RA 14 41 51.42±5 Dec −62° 36′ 12.9″ (J2000), whereas a very bright, unresolved, radio source inside the remnant at RA 14 41 44.5 Dec −62° 34′ 47″ (J2000) is clearly not associated with the unresolved X-ray source. The border between Centaurus and Circinus lies within the 5" radius, 95% confidence region. The evidence for long term variability and the presence of a late type star close to the X-ray position favor the identification of the X-ray source with an active star such as the one from the USNO-A2.0 catalogue at an angular distance of 3" to the unresolved X-ray source, rather than with the stellar remnant associated with RCW 86. The supernova remnant is in Circinus and Centaurus, but the causitive X-ray source is most likely in Centaurus. All of the X-ray sources associated with Cen XR-1 are within the borders of SN 185.

Supernova remnant (SNR) G315.0-02.3 has been identified with Centaurus X-1. SNR G315.4-2.3 has aliases: MSH 14-63, RCW 86, PKS 1439-62, Cen XR-1, and 1H 1438-623. G315.4-2.3 (Cen XR-1) is the most likely SNR of SN 185 (RCW 86).

Ariel 5 first detected Centaurus X-1 as 2A 1439-627. Cen X-1 is also within Centaurus.

Centaurus XR-1 was initially discovered at RA 14 28 Dec −63° by a rocket flight. Cen XR-1 is in the constellation Centaurus. The discrete source was observed on only one scan and has a positional uncertainty of 4°.

See also

References

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