Swift Observations Confirm the Activity of IGR J00291+5934
Abstract
We obtained a Swift observation of the field containing IGR J00291+5934 on 2008-08-15 starting at 14:50 UT for approximately 2000 seconds of exposure. We clearly detect IGR J00291+5934 with the XRT instrument, confirming the previous report of outburst (Chakrabarty et al., ATEL #1660). The source is rather piled up, but we can say that flux is comparable to, or slightly smaller than, the flux reported by RXTE PCA.
- Publication:
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The Astronomer's Telegram
- Pub Date:
- August 2008
- Bibcode:
- 2008ATel.1664....1M
- Keywords:
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- X-ray;
- Binaries;
- Cataclysmic Variables;
- Neutron Stars;
- Pulsars;
- Transients;
- Variables