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AT Monitoring of SNR 1987A

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

L. Staveley-Smith
Affiliation:
Australia Telescope National Facility, PO Box 76 Epping, NSW 2121
R. N. Manchester
Affiliation:
Australia Telescope National Facility, PO Box 76 Epping, NSW 2121
M. J. Kesteven
Affiliation:
Australia Telescope National Facility, PO Box 76 Epping, NSW 2121

Abstract

The prompt radio emission associated with SN 1987A appeared and disappeared within the space of a few days. The next radio emission is expected as the high velocity ejecta expand into the circumstellar material. The evidence from the timing of the initial UV-flash is that this stage may occur shortly. We have therefore begun to monitor the field around SNR 1987A at high sensitivity with the Australia Telescope Compact Array. At λ6cm, an upper limit to the radio emission of 180μJy has been obtained. Continued observations are planned.

Type
SN 1987A
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1991

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