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An Intriguing X-ray Arc Surrounding the X-ray Source RX J053335-6854.9 toward the Large Magellanic Cloud

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arxiv astro-ph/0310313 v1 pith:7UKYD3BJ submitted 2003-10-10 astro-ph

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ROSAT observations of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) have revealed a large diffuse X-ray arc around the point source RX J053335-6854.9. The relative locations of the diffuse and point sources suggest that they might originate from a common supernova explosion. We have analyzed the physical properties of the diffuse X-ray emission and determined that it is most likely a supernova remnant in a low-density medium in the LMC. We have also analyzed the X-ray and optical observations of RX J053335-6854.9 and concluded that it is a foreground dMe star in the solar neighborhood. Therefore, despite their positional coincidence, these two X-ray sources are physically unrelated.

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