Mid-IR detection of GX 339-4 with VLT/VISIR, and upcoming JWST observation
Abstract
A new outburst from the recurrent transient X-ray binary, GX 339-4, was detected in 2022 August. The X-ray flux increased from 23 to 28 August in MAXI (2-20 keV) and Swift/BAT (15-50 keV; ATel #15577), and a brightening in more sensitive Swift/XRT observations was reported to have started around 6 August (ATel #15578).
- Publication:
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The Astronomer's Telegram
- Pub Date:
- September 2022
- Bibcode:
- 2022ATel15596....1R
- Keywords:
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- Request for Observations;
- Black Hole;
- Transient