MAXI J1647-227: Swift/XRT localization of the new X-ray transient
Abstract
At 20:20 UT on June 15, 2012 Swift took a 2 ks target of opportunity observation of the error circle of MAXI J1647-227 (Negoro et al., ATEL #4175). We utilized a 4-point tiling observation (500s exposure per tile) with XRT in Photon Counting (PC) mode, in order to completely image the MAXI error circle. In one of those tiles, Swift/XRT detected a bright previously uncatalogued X-ray source at the following location: RA/Dec(J2000) = 252.05134, -23.01534, which is equivalent to....
- Publication:
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The Astronomer's Telegram
- Pub Date:
- June 2012
- Bibcode:
- 2012ATel.4178....1K
- Keywords:
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- X-ray;
- Transient