Swift confirms KS 1947+300 is in X-ray outburst
Abstract
As a follow-up to the MAXI reported outburst of the Be/X-ray binary KS 1947+300 (Kawagoe et al., ATEL #5438), we initiated a Swift target-of-opportunity observation of the source. Starting at 23:03UT on October 2nd, 2013, Swift/XRT took a 1ks exposure of KS 1947+300 utilizing Photon Counting mode. We find in the field one bright X-ray source at the following location: Ra/Dec(J2000) = 297.3978, 30.2085, which is equivalent to:
- Publication:
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The Astronomer's Telegram
- Pub Date:
- October 2013
- Bibcode:
- 2013ATel.5441....1K
- Keywords:
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- X-ray;
- Transient