Statistics
As of 2023/10/09, the database contains• 383 records of a supernova remnant (SNR): the 295 objects of Green’s radio catalogue as ofJune 2017, plus 99 objects confirmed or candidates [see list at the end]: several filled-centre
remnants, and also shells or composites that were added in the light of recent observations.
136 records mention a neutron star (NS) or NS candidate, 113 being identified as a pulsar(PSR), including 6 anomalous X-ray pulsars (AXPs). There are also 5 soft gamma-ray repeaters (SGRs), and a total of 13 magnetar candidates. The list also includes 15 centralcompact objects (CCOs) or CCO candidates. A pulsar wind nebula (PWN) is detected orsuggested in 106 cases (which are not a subset of the population of SNRs having a NS: only
84 SNRs are associated with both a PWN and a NS/PSR). Interaction of the shell with amolecular cloud is reported in 79 cases, with varying levels of confidence.
• 14 records of the sighting of a supernova, that are referred to by 14 SNRs records (in anon-bijective way, and with varying levels of confidence).
• 1874 records of high-energy observations made with 46 observatories, as shown in Table 1.
Note that 446 of these are actually non-detections, and that the emission might not be comingfrom the SNR, as seen in Table 2.
• 3169 references in the form of SAO/NASA ADS bibcodes, plus hundreds of other URLs.
The catalogue can be browsed online atsnrcat.physics.umanitoba.ca/
For details, see the companion paper:
Ferrand & Safi-Harb 2012, AdSpR, 49, 9, 1313-1319.

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domain

X-rayskeV

MeVGeVγ-rays

TeVALLinstrument
ASCA
BeppoSAX
ChandraEinstein
EXOSAT
Ginga
HEAO-1
HitomiINTEGRALMAXINuSTAR
CGRO/OSSE
ROSAT
RXTE
Suzaku
SWIFT
Uhuru
XMM
CGRO/COMPTELINTEGRAL
NCT
AGILE
COS-B
CGRO/EGRET
Fermi
SAS-2
ARGO-YBJCANGAROOCAT
CELESTE
GT-48
HAGAR
HAWC
HEGRA
H.E.S.S.
LHAASOMAGIC
MilagroPACTShALONSTACEETACTICTHEMISTOCLE
Tibet AS-γ
VERITAS
WhippleTOTAL

records by
instrument
127 + 004 = 131
023 + 000 = 023
153 + 006 = 159
056 + 007 = 063
020 + 000 = 020
019 + 000 = 019
019 + 002 = 021
002 + 000 = 002
027 + 007 = 034
024 + 000 = 024
038 + 000 = 038
005 + 000 = 005
099 + 011 = 110
028 + 005 = 033
081 + 002 = 083
028 + 002 = 030
010 + 000 = 010
142 + 005 = 147
004 + 000 = 004
002 + 005 = 007
001 + 000 = 001
047 + 010 = 057
007 + 000 = 007
029 + 020 = 049
191 + 129 = 320
003 + 000 = 003
007 + 000 = 007
008 + 008 = 016
001 + 000 = 001
001 + 001 = 002
002 + 000 = 002
001 + 000 = 001
043 + 012 = 055
004 + 008 = 012
100 + 161 = 261
0011 + 000 = 011
016 + 011 = 027
010 + 000 = 010
001 + 001 = 002
008 + 000 = 008
001 + 001 = 002
001 + 000 = 001
001 + 000 = 001
006 + 010 = 016
018 + 009 = 027
003 + 009 = 012
1428+446 = 1874

records by domain

901 + 051 = 952

007 + 005 = 012

277 + 159 = 436

527 + 395 = 922

243 + 231 = 474

1428 + 446 = 1874

Table 1: Number of observational records in the database, by energy domain and by instrument(numbers are the sum of successful observations and non-detections).
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X-rays
γ-raysTOTALejecta / shock
353 + 092 = 445
059 + 165 = 224
412 + 257 = 669

compact object / wind
353 + 132 = 485
125 + 119 = 244
478 + 251 = 729

other (unrelated)
029 + 018 = 047
000 + 012 = 012
029 + 030 = 059

unknown
087
127
214

Table 2: Nature of the high-energy emission source for all observational records in the database(for the first three columns, numbers are the sum of confident and uncertain identifications).
Note that the four columns are not exclusive.

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Objects added, corrected or split
2012/02/01 (public release)the 274 objects from Green’s 2009 list plus
• G000.1-00.1 for PWN G0.13-0.11• G005.7-00.1 (close to W28)
• G007.5-01.7 with PWN G7.4-2.0 = Taz• G010.9-45.4 for PWN G10.93-45.44• G018.0-00.7 for PWN G18.00-0.69 = Turkey• G018.5-00.4 for PWN = Eel• G025.5+00.0 with PWN• G034.0+20.3 for PWN G34.01+20.27• G035.6-00.4• G047.4-03.9 for PWN G47.38-3.88• G059.2-04.7 for PWN G59.20-4.70 = Black
Widow• G075.2+00.1 for PWN G75.23+0.12 =Dragonfly• G107.5-01.5• G108.6+06.8 = PWN = Guitar• G148.1+00.8 = PWN = Mushroom• G189.6+03.3 (overlaps IC443)• G195.1+04.3 = PWN (Geminga)• G230.4-01.4 for PWN G230.39-1.42• G287.4+00.6 for PWN G287.42+0.58 = Puppy• G304.1-00.2 for PWN G304.10-0.24• G309.9-02.5 for PWN G309.92-2.51• G310.6-01.6• G313.3+00.1 for PWN G313.32+0.13 = Rabbit• G313.6+00.3 for PWN G313.54+0.23 =Kookaburra• G320.0-00.6 for PWN G319.97-0.62• G332.5-00.3 for PWN G332.50-0.28• G348.9-00.4 for PWN G348.95-0.43• G359.2-00.8 for PWN G359.23-0.82 = Mouse
2012/03/08• G308.4-01.4 or G308.3-01.4
2012/08/04• G011.1+00.1 = PWN G11.09+0.08 (movedfrom SNR G011.2-00.3)• G064.5+0.9• G080.2+01.0 = PWN• G162.8-16.0 = PWN• G313.5+00.3 (renamed from G313.6+00.3 to beconsistent with PWN G313.54+0.23 =Kookaburra)• G336.4+00.2 = PWN• G344.7+00.1 for PWN G344.74+0.12 (movedfrom SNR G344.7-00.1)

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2012/08/30• G319.9-00.7 (corrected from G320.0-00.6)• G296.7-00.9
2013/03/15• G152.4-02.1• G190.9-02.2• G306.3-00.9
2013/04/15• G178.2-04.2• G025.1-02.3
2013/12/13• G276.5+19.0 = Antlia• G321.4-00.5 = Circinus X-1
2014/03/05• G038.7-01.4
2014/07/24• G029.4+00.1• G038.7-01.3 (corrected from G038.7-01.4)• G141.2+05.0• G267.0-01.0 = PWN (moved from overlapping
SNR G266.2-01.2 = Vela Jr)• G284.0-01.8 = PWN (moved from nearby SNR
G284.3-01.8 = MSH 10-53)• G309.8-02.6 = SNR candidate instead of
G309.9-02.5 for PWN• G322.1+00.0 (corrected from G321.4-00.5)
2014/09/03 (Green’s update)• G016.8-01.1 removed• G021.6-00.8• G041.5+00.4• G042.0-00.1• G065.8-00.5• G066.0-00.0• G067.6+00.9• G067.8+00.5• G159.6+07.3• G213.0-00.6→

2015/04/15• G006.4+04.9 = PWN• G021.9-00.1 = PWN G21.88-0.10• G023.5+00.1 = PWN• G025.2+00.3 = G25.25+0.28
corrected from G25.5+0.0(contains PWNe G25.24-0.19 and G25.21-0.02)• G026.6-00.1 = PWN• G032.6+00.5 = PWN G32.64+0.53• G036.0+00.1 = PWN G36.01+0.06• G044.5-00.2 = PWN G44.48-0.17• G172.8+01.5• G190.2+01.1• G284.2-00.4 = PWN G284.19-0.39• G285.1-00.5 = PWN G285.06-00.5• G317.9-01.8 = PWN G317.89-1.79• G323.9+00.0 = PWN G323.89+0.03• G337.5-00.1 = PWN• G350.2-00.8 = PWN• G358.3+00.2 = PWN G358.29+0.24• G358.6-01.0 = PWN G358.55-0.96• G359.9-00.0 = PWN G359.95-0.04

2015/01/21• G108.5+11.0• G128.5+02.6• G149.5+03.2• G150.3+04.5• G150.8+03.8• G151.2+02.9• G160.1-01.1• G333.9+00.0• G354.4+00.0
2015/02/18• G269.7+00.0• G291.0+00.1• G296.6-00.4• G299.3-01.5• G310.7-05.4• G310.9-00.3• G321.3-03.9• G322.7+00.1• G322.9-00.0• G323.7-01.0• G324.1+00.0• G325.0-00.3• G330.7+00.1• G334.0-00.8• G336.7-00.3• G336.9-00.5• G345.1-00.2• G345.2+00.2• G346.2-01.0• G348.9+01.1• G351.0-05.4• G354.1+00.3

2015/06/04• reverted to G313.6+00.3 for PWN
G313.54+0.23 = Kookaburra, to be consistent
with literature even though larger region
2016/02/26• G201.1+08.3 = PWN candidate
2016/12/16• G181.1+09.5• G331.5-00.6 for candidate HESS J1614-518
2017/07/21• G053.4+00.0• G070.0−21.55