ALEXIS has detected a potential transient in Telescope 2B (186 Angstroms, 66eV) at:
RA= (08 09 24.95)
DEC=(19 22.2)
(Epoch 2000)
Error circle radius = 0.5 degrees (~90% confidence)
There was no evidence of the object in the co-aligned telescope 2A (130 eV). The source turn on appeared to start about 10 UT 17 Dec, peaked at 18 UT 17 Dec and was slowly decaying at last contact with the satellite.
Simbad shows a soft Einstein x-ray source in the error box. Follow up observations are encouraged
Diane Roussel-Dupre
for more information, see the ALEXIS web page
http://nis-www.lanl.gov/~asocops/
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Diane Roussel-Dupre, NIS-2
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Telephone: (505) 667-8895
FAX: (505) 665-4414
The ALEXIS transient announce last night in Telescope 2B (186 Angstroms, 66eV) located at:
RA= (08 09 24.95) [revised position]
DEC=(+19 22.2)
(Epoch 2000)
Error circle radius = 0.5 degrees (~90% confidence)
continues to be bright. There is still no evidence of the object in the co-aligned telescope 2B (93eV). It is currently about 1/3 as bright as HZ 43 in this energy channel. Simbad contains less than 15 sources in the error box. This is source looks particularly exciting based upon it's light curve and duration of outburst
Follow up observations are strongly encouraged
Diane Roussel-Dupre
Field map (GSC)
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