SGR 1806−20 is a magnetar, a type of neutron star with a very powerful magnetic field, that was discovered in 1979 and identified as a soft gamma repeater...

1806-20 may refer to: a position in the sky, 18h 06m −20° 1806-20 cluster, the star cluster containing SGR 1806-20 LBV 1806-20, a luminous blue variable...

1806−20 (originally named the SGR 1806−20 cluster) is a heavily obscured star cluster on the far side of the Milky Way, approximately 28,000 light-years...

Way. Cluster 1806−20 is made up of some highly unusual stars, including four Wolf–Rayet stars, several OB stars, and a magnetar (SGR 1806−20). The spectral...

she made careful comparisons of the periodicity of soft gamma repeater SGR 1806-20. The period had increased by 0.008 seconds since 1993, and she calculated...

located about 163,000 light-years from Earth, the first found (in 1979) SGR 1806−20, located 50,000 light-years from Earth on the far side of the Milky Way...

electromagnetic radiation out of their magnetic poles. Magnetar (SGR 1806−20 ) Soft gamma repeater (SGR) The Magnificent Seven (neutron stars) Radio-quiet neutron...

was detected on December 27, 2004 from the ultracompact stellar corpse SGR 1806-20. The quake, which occurred 50,000 light years from Earth, released gamma...

discovery of persistent hard X-ray emission from the Soft Gamma-ray Repeater SGR 1806-20". Astronomy and Astrophysics. Letters. 433 (2): L9–L12. arXiv:astro-ph/0411695...

"Identification of a supernova remnant coincident with the soft gamma-ray repeater SGR 1806-20", Nature, 365 (6441): 33–35, Bibcode:1993Natur.365...33K, doi:10.1038/365033a0...