Optical observations of the young supernova remnant SNR 0540-69.3 and its pulsar

N. I. Serafimovich, P. Lundqvist, Yu. A. Shibanov +1

We have used the ESO NTT/EMMI and VLT/FORS1 instruments to examine the LMC supernova remnant 0540-69.3 as well as its pulsar (PSR B0540-69) and pulsar-powered nebula in the optical…