Aql X-1 reaches the peak of its 2023 outburst making it the brightest outburst since 2016
Abstract
Aquila X-1 (Aql X-1) is a transient neutron-star low-mass X-ray binary (NS LMXB) undergoing approximately one outburst per year. Its latest outburst started in July 2023 (ATel #16147, #16153) and since then Aql X-1 has been found to increase its flux in X-rays (ATel #16153, #16158, #16174) and optical (ATel #16147, #16170) wavelengths.
- Publication:
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The Astronomer's Telegram
- Pub Date:
- August 2023
- Bibcode:
- 2023ATel16187....1A
- Keywords:
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- Binary;
- Black Hole;
- Transient