Observations of the LMC X-ray sources with the Ariel V Sky Survey Instrument.
Abstract
Summary. Long-term X-ray light curves are presented for the X.ray sources in the Large Magellanic Cloud, as obtained by the Leicester University Sky Survey Instrument on board the Ariel V spacecraft. The five previously known sources have all been detected. Evidence is presented for a sixth source possibly associated with the LMC. Ml sources are variable but no regular periodic behaviour has been observed. LMC X-l and X-2 vary a factor of 2 or 3, LMC X-3 and X-4 were observed to vary by a factor of at least 7, and LMC X-5 and X-6 varied from just above to below our threshold of detectability.
- Publication:
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- August 1977
- DOI:
- 10.1093/mnras/180.1.75P
- Bibcode:
- 1977MNRAS.180P..75G
- Keywords:
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- Galactic Radiation;
- Luminous Intensity;
- Magellanic Clouds;
- Sky Surveys (Astronomy);
- X Ray Sources;
- Astronomical Maps;
- Satellite Observation;
- Spaceborne Astronomy;
- X Ray Astronomy;
- Astronomy