Return to HomePageThe ALEXIS Satellite has detected a transient source in Telescope 2A (130 Angstroms). There is no evidence of the source in the co-aligned 2B telescope (186 Angstroms).
Position : RA = 16 47 23.6 DEC = -31 41 26.7 Epoch = J2000 Error Circle: +/- 0.5 Degrees (90% confidence) The source appeared to turn on at ~ 8:00 UT 1997 Feb 23 and was still active in the most recent ALEXIS data at 21:00 UT 1997 Feb 23.A quick check of SIMBAD and the ROSAT X-ray Catalog shows no obvious counterpart listed.
Followup observations are encouraged.
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