A revised Galactic supernova remnant catalogue

D. A. Green*
Astrophysics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, 19 J.J.Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom

Abstract. A revised catalogue of 274 Galactic supernova remnants (SNRs) is presented, along with some simple statistics of their parameters. It is shown that the remnants that have recently been identified are generally faint, as is expected from the selection effects that apply to the identification of remnants.

Keywords: supernova remnants -- catalogues -- radio continuum: ISM -- ISM: general violet : general

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