MAXI/GSC detection of the historically brightest flares from the Sy2 galaxy NGC 2992
Abstract
At 10:02 UT on 2016 June 2, the MAXI/GSC nova-alert system (Negoro et al. 2016, PASJ, 68, SP1, A1) triggered on faint X-ray enhancement positionally consistent with a nearby Seyfert 1.9 galaxy NGC 2992.
- Publication:
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The Astronomer's Telegram
- Pub Date:
- June 2016
- Bibcode:
- 2016ATel.9155....1N
- Keywords:
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- AGN