AXP 1E 1048-59

AXP 1E 1048.1-5937
Observation data; Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation	Carina
Right ascension	10h 50m 08.93s
Declination	−59° 53′ 19.9″
Other designations
	1RXS J105007.2-595329
Database references
SIMBAD	data

Anomalous X-ray pulsar (AXP) 1E 1048.1-5937 was the first AXP ever observed to emit an SGR-like X-ray burst.^[2] It is also the closest magnetar to Earth located 2,759 parsecs (9,000 light-years) away in the constellation Carina.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "1E 1048.1-5937". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
^ (in English) F. D. Seward & P. A. Charles, A Six-Second Periodic X-ray Source in Carina, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 16, 983 (1984) Voir en ligne.

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[SIMBAD-1] "1E 1048.1-5937". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 27 November 2016.

[2] (in English) F. D. Seward & P. A. Charles, A Six-Second Periodic X-ray Source in Carina, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 16, 983 (1984) Voir en ligne.

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