Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-12-20
Astrophys.J. 622 (2005) 1024-1032
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
18 pages, 6 figures, Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal
Scientific paper
10.1086/428381
GRO J2058+42 is a 195 s transient X-ray pulsar discovered in 1995 with BATSE. In 1996, RXTE located GRO J2058+42 to a 90% confidence error circle with a 4' radius. On 20 February 2004, the region including the error circle was observed with Chandra ACIS-I. No X-ray sources were detected within the error circle, however, 2 faint sources were detected in the ACIS-I field-of-view. We obtained optical observations of the brightest object, CXOU J205847.5+414637, that had about 64 X-ray counts and was just 0.3' outside the error circle. The optical spectrum contained a strong H alpha line and corresponds to an infrared object in the 2MASS catalog, indicating a Be/X-ray binary system. Pulsations were not detected in the Chandra observations, but similar flux variations and distance estimates suggest that CXOU J205847.5+414637 and GRO J2058+42 are the same object. We present results from the Chandra observation, optical observations, new and previously unreported RXTE observations, and a reanalysis of a ROSAT observation.
Coe Malcolm J.
Finger Mark H.
Greiner Jochen
Papamastorakis Giannis
Reig Pablo
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