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06-10-08, 11:42 AM
"When astronomers took the first high-resolution radio images of a celestial object known as ‘G350.1-0.3’ in the 1980s, they saw an irregular knot of gases that did not seem to meet these expectations. So it was classified as a probable background galaxy and was quietly forgotten.
Now Bryan Gaensler and Anant Tanna, both at the University of Sydney, have used the X-ray capabilities of XMM-Newton with their colleagues to prove that appearances can be deceptive. G350.1-0.3 is indeed the debris of an exploded star despite its misshapen configuration."
Read more (http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM1OPUG3HF_index_0.html)
Position(2000): RA 17 21 03.4, Dec -37 26 17
Now Bryan Gaensler and Anant Tanna, both at the University of Sydney, have used the X-ray capabilities of XMM-Newton with their colleagues to prove that appearances can be deceptive. G350.1-0.3 is indeed the debris of an exploded star despite its misshapen configuration."
Read more (http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM1OPUG3HF_index_0.html)
Position(2000): RA 17 21 03.4, Dec -37 26 17