Chandra Identification of the 2012 Transient in Terzan 5
Abstract
We triggered a Chandra ToO observation of the ongoing outburst of a new neutron star transient in the globular cluster Terzan 5 (ATel #4242, #4249, #4264). The 10.0 ks observation was taken with the ACIS S3 chip in imaging mode and began on on 2012-07-30 at 09:39:30 UTC.
Inspection of the new Chandra data (ObsID 13708) reveals the bright transient (which suffers from severe pile up) and a few low-luminosity X-ray sources that are also seen in a deeper Chandra observation (ObsID 3798) from 2003 (Heinke et al.- Publication:
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The Astronomer's Telegram
- Pub Date:
- August 2012
- Bibcode:
- 2012ATel.4302....1H
- Keywords:
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- X-ray;
- Binary;
- Globular Cluster;
- Neutron Star;
- Transient