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Description
This catalog of known Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs) is an updated version (Version VI, August 1996) of the catalogs of Galactic SNRs presented in detail in Green (Version I 1984, Version II 1988), in summary form in Green (Version III 1991, Version IV 1996), and on the Web (Version V, July 1995). (Note that Version IV, although published in 1996, was producted in 1993.) This August 1996 version of the catalog contains 215 SNRs, which is 21 more than listed in the previous version. The basic summary data included in this catalog for each SNR are its Galactic coordinates, RA and Dec (B1950.0), angular size (in arcmin), type, flux density at 1 GHz, spectral index, and any other names. Notes on these parameters, on possible remnants not included, and questionable SNRs listed in the catalog are given in the documentation file (snrs.doc). It should be noted that there are serious selection effects which apply to the identification of Galactic SNRs (see Green 1991), so that great care should be taken if these data are used in statistical studies.
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