Published February 1980 | Version v1
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The distance of Kepler's supernova remnant

Creators

  • 1. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva (Switzerland)
  • 2. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (Netherlands). Kapteyn Sterrewacht

Description

A reliable determination of the interstellar absorption in front of Kepler's supernova remnant combined with other data, historical and recent, suggests a distance for the remnant of 3.2 +- 0.7 kpc. This is considerably less than hitherto adopted values. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.
Journal Volume
190
Journal Issue
2
Series
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.
Journal Page Range
47P-49P
ISSN
0035-8711

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
11523932
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ABSORPTION; ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; DISTANCE; INTERSTELLAR SPACE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUPERNOVA REMNANTS; VISIBLE SPECTRA
Descriptors DEC
COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPACE; SPECTRA