Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-08-28
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
LaTeX (A&A style files), 5 pages, 3 figures. Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters. Minor corrections
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20011151
We report on the identification of a new possible Isolated Neutron Star candidate in archival ROSAT observations. The source 1RXS J214303.7+065419, listed in the ROSAT Bright Survey as RBS 1774, is very soft, exhibits a thermal spectrum well fitted by a blackbody at ${T}\sim 90$ eV and has a low column density, ${N_H}\sim 5\times 10^{20}$ ${cm}^{-2}$. Catalogue searches revealed no known sources in other energy bands close to the X-ray position of RBS 1774. Follow-up optical observations with NTT showed no peculiar object within the X-ray error circle. The absence of any plausible optical counterpart down to ${m_R}\sim 23$ results in an X-ray to optical flux ratio in excess of 1000.
Campana Sergio
Chieregato Matteo
Falomo Renato
Fugazza Dino
Moretti Alberto
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