Swift observations of a flare in IGR J16418-4532

Details Swift observations of a flare in IGR J16418-4532 Swift observations of a flare in IGR J16418-4532

Feb 2011

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The Astronomer's Telegram, #3174

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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X-Ray, Binary, Transient

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Following the MAXI Nova alert 5609524433 reporting a possible detection of IGR J16418-4532 on 2011-02-17 15:18:12 UT, Swift has performed, starting on 2011-February-18 at 01:59:43 UT, a 2ks target of opportunity observation of the field that contains the candidate supergiant fast X-ray transient IGR J16418-4532 (Tomsick et al. 2004, Atel #224; Sguera et al. 2006, ApJ, 646, 452). Utilizing the 2ks Photon Counting (PC) mode data, and correcting for the astrometric errors by utilizing Swift/UVOT data according to the method described by Evans et al.

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