ATel 12894: Enhanced gamma-ray activity from Cygnus X-3
Abstract
AGILE is detecting gamma-ray emission above 100 MeV from a source positionally consistent with the microquasar Cygnus X-3. Integrating from 2019-06-23 UT 06:00:00 to 2019-06-27 UT 06:00:00 (MJD: 58657.25 - 58661.25), a preliminary multi-source likelihood analysis yields a detection with a significance of 4.0 sigma and a gamma-ray flux F( > 100 MeV) = (2.2 +/- 0.7) x 10^-6 photons/cm^2/s. ...
- Publication:
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The Astronomer's Telegram
- Pub Date:
- June 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019ATel12894....1P