KS 1947+300

G. K. Skinner, University of Birmingham, on behalf of the TTM/Kvant Team (Space Research Institute, USSR Academy of Sciences; University of Birmingham; Space Research Laboratory, Utrecht), writes: "A transient x-ray source, KS 1947+300, has been observed in data obtained with the TTM Coded Mask Imaging Spectrometer on Mir during the period June 8-15. The source position is R.A. = 19h47m35s.2, Decl. = +30 04'47" (equinox 1950.0), with an error circle radius of 30". A thermal bremsstrahlung fit to the spectrum gives a temperature of 9 keV with strong, low-energy absorption, consistent with obscuration by dust clouds apparent on survey plates in this direction. The mean 2- to 10-keV flux over the period of the observations was 50 mJy."