Igr J12349-6434 = RT Cru ?

Details Igr J12349-6434 = RT Cru ? Igr J12349-6434 = RT Cru ?

Jun 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005atel..528....1m&link_type=abstract

The Astronomer's Telegram, #528

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Optical, X-Ray, A Comment, Binaries, Cataclysmic Variables

Scientific paper

We report that, further to the discovery of the new INTEGRAL source IGR J12349-6434 (Chernyakova et al., ATel #519), a SIMBAD catalog search pointed out that the source position is consistent with the emission-line symbiotic star RT Cru. This optical object shows large-amplitude (Dm ~ 3.8 mag) outbursts and short-term flickering (see Cieslinski et al., 1994, A&AS, 106, 243), both typical of accreting binary systems; moreover, this is the only SIMBAD source within the IGR J12349-6434 error box.