Swift/BAT detects an outburst from an X-ray transient in the globular cluster Terzan 5

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Publication date 2015
Journal The astronomer's telegram
Volume | Issue number 7240
Number of pages 1
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Abstract A rate increase from the direction of Terzan 5 was detected in the BAT hard X-ray transient monitor starting on 2015 March 13 (MJD 57094). The flux has been rising and has reached 0.007 +/- 0.001 ct s^-1 cm^-2 (~30 mCrab; 15-50 keV) on 2015 March 16.
Document type Article
Language English
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