eRASSt J040515.6-745202: A new X-ray transient discovered by eROSITA
Abstract
During the third all-sky survey (eRASS3), the eROSITA instrument (Predehl et al. 2021) aboard the Russian/German Spektrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG) mission (Sunyaev et al. 2021) discovered a new X-ray transient, designated as eRASSt J040515.6-745202, and located in the Magellanic Bridge at: RA(J2000)= 04:05:15.30 (61.31456 deg) DEC(J2000)= -74:51:58.1 (-74.86683 deg) with an estimated positional uncertainty of ~5" radius (incl.
- Publication:
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The Astronomer's Telegram
- Pub Date:
- May 2021
- Bibcode:
- 2021ATel14646....1R
- Keywords:
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- Transient