New Swift/XRT observations confirm that the active Galactic center transient is AX J1745.6-2901

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Authors
  • J.M. Miller
  • N. Gehrels
Publication date 2013
Journal The astronomer's telegram
Volume | Issue number 5226
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Abstract Ongoing Swift/XRT monitoring observations of the Galactic center have allowed us to refine the position of the X-ray transient that is currently active (ATel #5222). Utilizing the position-enhancement algorithm described by Goad et al. (2007) and Evans et al. (2009), we find:

R. A. (J2000) = 17:45:35.64 Dec. (J2000) = -29:01:35.9
Document type Article
Language English
Published at http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=5226
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