Swift observation during the current type II outburst of GRO J1008-57
Abstract
The transient X-ray binary GRO J1008-57 is currently undergoing a very bright outburst (ATEL #4561), which triggered the BAT instrument on 2012 November 13 (ATEL #4573). The current flux of the source, which is around 0.5 Crab in Swift/BAT, is about 5 times higher than the strongest outburst detected before (ATEL #3805), which, along with the orbital phase of ~0.3 (ATELs #4561, #4564), strongly suggests that this outburst is of Type II.
- Publication:
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The Astronomer's Telegram
- Pub Date:
- November 2012
- Bibcode:
- 2012ATel.4577....1K
- Keywords:
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- X-ray;
- Binary;
- Neutron Star;
- Transient;
- Pulsar