Swift confirmation and localization of the new Transient MAXI J1621-501

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Authors
  • A. Bahramian
  • J.A. Kennea
  • P.A. Evans
  • A.P. Beardmore
  • H.A. Krimm
  • P. Romano
  • K. Yamaoka
  • M. Serino
  • H. Negoro
  • R. Wijnands
  • J. in 't Zand
Publication date 2017
Journal The astronomer's telegram
Volume | Issue number 10874
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Abstract Following report of a new transient by MAXI (ATel #10869), we observed the MAXI error region with a set of 7-tile Swift/XRT observations in PC mode. We detect a new bright source with enhanced coordinates RA=245.09171, Dec=-50.01989 (J2000), which translate to: RA: 16:20:22.01 Dec: -50:01:11.6 With radial uncertainty of 3.4''.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=10874
Other links http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017ATel10874....1B
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