AXP 1E 1048-59

{{Short description|Star in the constellation Carina and closest magnetar to Earth}}

{{Starbox short

| name = AXP 1E 1048.1-5937

| constell = Carina

| ra = {{RA|10|50|08.93}}{{cite simbad

| title = 1E 1048.1-5937

| access-date = 27 November 2016

}}

| dec = {{DEC|-59|53|19.9}}

| names = 1RXS J105007.2-595329

| Simbad = 2E+2336

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Anomalous X-ray pulsar (AXP) 1E 1048.1-5937 was the first AXP ever observed to emit an SGR-like X-ray burst.{{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]. It is also the closest magnetar to Earth located 2,759 parsecs (9,000 light-years) away in the constellation Carina.