A Further X-ray Flare from Sgr A* Detected by Swift

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Authors
  • J. Kennea
Publication date 01-08-2019
Journal The astronomer's telegram
Volume | Issue number 13007
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Abstract We report the detection of a large X-ray flare, in a 1.1ks XRT observation on 2019-08-07 (11:56UT; obsid: 00095329112), originating from the direction of Sgr A* during regular monitoring observations with the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory (Degenaar+ 2015, JHEA 7, 137).
Document type Article
Language English
Published at http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=13007
Other links https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019ATel13007....1R/abstract
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