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{{Short description|Star in the constellation Carina and closest magnetar to Earth}}
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| name = 1E 1048.1-5937
| constell = [[Carina (constellation)|Carina]]<ref>{{cite constellation|1E 1048-59.4}}</ref>
| ra = {{RA|10|50|08.93}}<ref name=SIMBAD>{{cite simbad
 | title = 1E 1048.1-5937
 | access-date = 27 November 2016
}}</ref>
| dec = {{DEC|-59|53|19.9}}<ref name=SIMBAD/>
| names = [[1RXS]] J105007.2-595329<ref name=SIMBAD/>
| Simbad = 2E+2336
}}
'''AXP 1E 1048.1-5937''' was the first [[anomalous X-ray pulsar]] ever observed to emit an [[Soft gamma repeater|SGR]]-like X-ray burst.<ref>{{in lang|en}} [[F. D. Seward]] & [[P. A. Charles]], ''A Six-Second Periodic X-ray Source in Carina'', ''[[Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society]]'', '''16''', 983 (1984) [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1984BAAS...16Q.983S Voir en ligne].</ref> It is also the closest [[magnetar]] to Earth located 2,759 [[parsec]]s (9,000 light-years) away in the constellation [[Carina (constellation)|Carina]].

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{{Stars of Carina}}

[[Category:Anomalous X-ray pulsars]]
[[Category:Carina (constellation)]]
[[Category: Magnetars]]
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