VVV near-infrared observations of the Swift J174540.7-290015 field
Abstract
Following the outburst of the Galactic Center X-ray transient Swift J174540.7-290015 (ATel #8649, #8684) and its arcsec-sized soft X-ray localization (ATel #8649), we searched the archival frames of the near-infrared (NIR) VVV survey (vvvsurvey.org; Minniti et al. 2010, New Astron., 15, 433) covering the Galactic Bulge and inner arms, and obtained with the 4.1m VISTA telescope at Cerro Paranal (Chile); this search was made in order to look for a possible quiescent NIR counterpart to the aforementioned X-ray transient.
- Publication:
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The Astronomer's Telegram
- Pub Date:
- February 2016
- Bibcode:
- 2016ATel.8737....1M
- Keywords:
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- Transient