Swift/XRT detects a bright X-ray flare from Sgr A*

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Authors
  • J.A. Kennea
Publication date 16-05-2019
Journal The astronomer's telegram
Volume | Issue number 12768
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Abstract Starting on 2019 February 3, Swift resumed its monitoring program of the Galactic center, providing daily 1 ks XRT snapshots of a 20 x 20 arcmin region around the supermassive black hole Sgr A* (see Degenaar et al. 2015 for an overview of the program).
Document type Article
Language English
Published at http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=12768
Other links https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019ATel12768....1D/abstract
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