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Swift/XRT detects a new accretion outburst from the Galactic center X-ray transient AX J1745.6-2901

Authors :
Degenaar, N.
Wijnands, R.
Reynolds, M.T.
Miller, J.M.
Kennea, J.A.
High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI)
Source :
The astronomer's telegram, 14788
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

Starting on 2021 July 10, our daily Swift/XRT monitoring observations of the Galactic center (Degenaar et al. 2015) detect activity from a transient X-ray source located ~1' to the South-East of Sgr A*. Running the online XRT products tool on the 1.0-ks exposure obtained on July 13 (obsID 00096134085), we determine an 'enhanced' position for this X-ray transient of R.A. = 17:45:35.71, Dec. = -29:01:33.2 (J2000) with a 90% confidence error of 2.8" (Goad et al. 2007; Evans et al. 2009).

Details

Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
The astronomer's telegram, 14788
Accession number :
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