RCW 103 Supernova Remnant Norma 10,000 LY Supernova Remnant Exploded about 2000 years ago. Central object is an x-ray source with a slow rotation rate. It is also a magnetar.
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IC 443 Supernova Remnant aka the “Jellyfish Nebula” Gemini 5000 LY Supernova Remnant Exploded about 3000-30,000 years ago. Rapidly spinning neutron star along the southern edge
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Alpha Orionis (Betelgeuse) 642 LY Red Supergiant M1-M2Ia-Iab 7.7 solar masses, supernova candidate
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HR 5171 A Artist Impression of Aa+Ab Centaurus 12,000 LY Binary Star G8Ia+B00Ibp Supernova candidate and one of the largest known stars (largest known hypergiant). Masses ~30 + ~5 solar masses
SN W49B H II Region SN W49B Aquila 37,000 LY H II region/SNR invisible in optical, bright in x-rays, SN about 1000 years ago. Probably contains a young black hole
ASASSN-15th ASASSN-15th Indus 4x10^9 LY Superluminout supernova (hypernova). Brightest yet know. 50 x brighter than the MW and 6x10^11 X brighter than the Sun
AG Carina AG Carinae Carina 20,000 LY Wolf-Rayet Star/LBV ~55 solar masses, SN candidate. Surrounded by a shell of about 15 solar masses of ejected material. The star's initial mass was probably about 100 solar masses.
S Doradus – Brightest star in NCG 1910 in the LMC Dorado 170,000 LY Supergiant Star A1 I ~24 solar masses. LBV, supernova candidate
SN 1987 A Recent supernova in the LMC Dorado 168,000 LY LMC Supernova Supernova in the LMC, progenitor initially about 18 solar masses. Neutrinos detected from the event. Neutron star remnant expected but still not detected.
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Geminga Gemini 800 LY Pulsar originally found as a gamma-ray source, then as x-ray source
NGC 6357 Scorpius 8000 LY Star-forming H II region Diffuse nebula containing many proto-stars surrounded by disks of gas, and hot, massive young stars wrapped in expanding "cocoons." AKA the Lobster Nebula
M82 X-2 Ursa Major 12,000,000 LY X-ray source in galaxy Messier 82 brightest pulsar ever recorded
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PSR B0355+54 Pulsar Wind Nebula Camelopardalis 4300 LY
DEM L241 optical X-ray Dorado 170,000 LY LMC Supernova Remnant Massive star survived the explosion of its companion
Circinus X-1 Circinus 30,700 LY High-mass X-ray Binary Pink = radio, blue = X-ray Circinus 30,700 LY High-mass X-ray Binary young x-ray binary embedded in a SNR, <4600 years old