Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-07-24
Astrophys.J.659:407-418,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Scientific paper
10.1086/512055
1WGA J1346.5-6255 is a ROSAT X-ray source found within the radio lobes of the supernova remnant (SNR) G309.2-00.6. This source also appears to coincide with the bright and early-type star HD 119682, which is in the middle of the galactic open cluster NGC 5281. The radio morphology of the remnant, consisting of two brightened and distorted arcs of emission on opposite sides of the 1WGA J1346.5-6255 source and of a jet-like feature and break in the shell, led to the suggestion that 1WGA J1346.5-6255/G309.2-00.6 is a young analog of the microquasar SS 433 powering the W50 nebula. This motivated us to study this source at X-ray and optical wavelengths. We here present new Chandra observations of 1WGA J1346.5-6255, archival XMM-Newton observations of G309.2-00.6, and optical spectroscopic observations of HD 119682, in order to search for X-ray jets from 1WGA J1346.5-6255, study its association with the SNR, and test for whether HD 119682 represents its optical counterpart. We do not find evidence for jets from 1WGA J1346.5-6255 down to an unabsorbed flux of 2.6E-13 ergs/cm2/s (0.5-7.5 keV), we rule out its association with G309.2-00.6, and we confirm that HD 119682 is its optical counterpart. We derive a distance of 1.2+/-0.3 kpc, which is consistent with the distance estimate to NGC 5281 (1.3+/-0.3 kpc), and much smaller than the distance derived to the SNR G309.2-00.6. We discuss the nature of the source, unveil that HD 119682 is a Be star and suggest it is a new member of the recently proposed group of $\gamma$-Cas analogs. The Chandra and XMM X-ray lightcurves show variability on timescales of hundreds of seconds, and the presence of a possible period of about 1500 s that could be the rotational period of an accreting neutron star or white dwarf in this $\gamma$-Cas analog.
Butt Yousaf
Chen Yafeng
Jia Suotang
Lu Fang-jun
Matheson Heather
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