NOAO > Observing Info > Approved Programs > 2017B-0180
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PI: Andreas Zezas, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, azezas@cfa.harvard.edu
Address: High Energy Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
CoI: Ioanna Leonidaki, IESL/Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas
CoI: Maria Kopsacheili, IESL/Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas
CoI: Panos Boumis, National Observatory of Athens - IAASARS
Title: Investigation of Supernova Remnants in nearby galaxies
Abstract: We propose to obtain optical spectra of photometrically selected SNRs in 4 nearby galaxies (NGC,45, NGC,55, NGC,1313 and NGC,7793) based on narrow-line imaging. These observations are in the context of an on-going project to study the SNR populations detected in multi- wavelength observations of nearby galaxies. They will provide a 1 order- of-magnitude improvement in sensitivity over similar previous surveys and therefore a more complete and representative picture of the SNR populations in different galactic environments. They will supplement existing deep Chandra observations by confirming the X-ray classification of the identified sample of thermal X-ray SNRs and will allow us to link their X-ray properties (temperature, luminosity) to their optical properties (H$alpha$ luminosity, density) and local environment.
Program Type: Standard/Galactic
Scheduled Nights:
Run 1 (2017B): CT-4m/COSMOS -- 4n on Aug 10 - Aug 13 2017
National Optical Astronomy Observatory, 950 North Cherry Avenue, P.O. Box 26732, Tucson, Arizona 85726, Phone: (520) 318-8000, Fax: (520) 318-8360
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