An extended observation of Cen X-3 with the Ariel-5 sky survey.
Abstract
A continuous observation of Cen X-3 over 8 cycles of the binary period was carried out in November 1974 with the Leicester Sky Survey experiment on board the Ariel-5 satellite. During these observations the source was seen to change from a low to a high intensity state and evidence is found for X-ray attenuation by both the primary stellar wind and the accretion wake formed beyond the neutron star.
- Publication:
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- September 1975
- DOI:
- 10.1093/mnras/172.3.473
- Bibcode:
- 1975MNRAS.172..473P
- Keywords:
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- Eclipsing Binary Stars;
- Light Curve;
- Neutron Stars;
- Sky Surveys (Astronomy);
- Spaceborne Astronomy;
- X Ray Spectra;
- X Ray Stars;
- Ariel Satellites;
- Interstellar Extinction;
- Satellite Observation;
- Stellar Winds;
- Wakes;
- X Ray Astronomy;
- Astrophysics