X-ray and optical-to-infrared follow-up observations of the transient X-ray burster SAX J1810.8-2609
Abstract
We have performed a ROSAT follow-up observation of the X-ray transient SAX J1810.8-2609 on 1998 March 24 and detected a bright X-ray source (named RX J1810.7-2609) which was not detected during the ROSAT all-sky survey in September 1990. Optical-to-infrared follow-up observations of the 10'' radius ROSAT HRI X-ray error box revealed one variable object (R=19.5+/-0.5 on March 13, R>21.5 on 1998 August 27) which we tentatively propose as the optical/IR counterpart of RX J1810.7-2609=SAX J1810.8-2609.
- Publication:
-
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- September 1999
- DOI:
- 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02921.x
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/9907017
- Bibcode:
- 1999MNRAS.308L..17G
- Keywords:
-
- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 4 pages with mn.sty