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ALEXIS has detected a potential transient in Telescope 2A (130 Angstroms, 93eV) at:
RA= (13 54 24)
DEC=(44 48.36)
(Epoch 2000)
Error circle radius = 0.6 degrees (~90% confidence)
There was no evidence of the object in the co-aligned telescope 2B (186 Angstroms, 66eV).
The source turn on appeared to start about 5 UT 19 Feb, peaked at 8 UT 19 Feb and was decaying at last contact with the satellite (20 UT). The outburst is flare-like with a fast rise and slower decay.
A Simbad search only locates 9 objects within 40 arcminutes of the source location.
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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