Swift Detects a New Outburst of the Millisecond Accreting Pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658

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Nov 2011

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The Astronomer's Telegram, #3733

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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X-Ray, Request For Observations, Binary, Neutron Star, Transient, Pulsar

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We report the detection of a new outburst of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar, SAX J1808.4-3658 with the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT). This source is a 401 Hz pulsar in a binary orbit of period 2.01 hr. It has recurrent outbursts every 2-3 years, the last one occurring in October, 2008. At 02:55:12 UT, BAT triggered and located a source (trigger=506961). The BAT on-board calculated location is RA, Dec 272.114, -36.991 which is, RA(J2000) = 18h 08m 27s, Dec(J2000) = -36d 59' 26", with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including systematic uncertainty).

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