A deep ROSAT observation of the highly variable AGN 1E1403+5439 or ROSAT non-detection of the weak AGN 1E1403+5439

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Active Galactic Nuclei, Proportional Counters, Rosat Mission, Heao 2, Radiant Flux Density, Variability, X Ray Astronomy

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A long (33600 s) Rosat Position Sensitive Proportional Counter observation of the galaxy M101 was performed. The field includes the serendipitous Einstein source 1E1403 + 5439, which was previously observed to vary by a factor 5.5 in 160 days. Despite the higher sensitivity of the Rosat PSPC and the high exposure time, the source could not be detected down to a much lower flux limit than the lowest Einstein detection. The unusually high variability and the proximity (18 feet) to M101 make this source a good candidate for gravitational microlensing.

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