Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 1997
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997apj...474l.111c&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal Letters v.474, p.L111
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
18
Galaxies: Magellanic Clouds, Stars: Individual Alphanumeric: Rx J0117.6-7330, Stars: Novae, X-Rays: Stars, X-Rays: Binaries
Scientific paper
We describe ROSAT observations of a new X-ray transient and its probable optical companion in the Small Magellanic Cloud. The transient, designated RX J0117.6-7330, appeared at a position ~5' southeast of the X-ray pulsar, SMC X-1, in 1992 October 1--2 PSPC observations centered on the pulsar. It was detected again in a similar observation 246 days later at a counting rate diminished by a factor of 270, which corresponds to an average e-folding decay time of 44 days. No periodic pulsations have been detected. The average 1992 flux level would be produced by a source radiating isotropically with a luminosity of 1.6 x 1037 (D/50 kpc)2 ergs s-1 in the energy range 0.2--2.5 keV. The 5" radius positional error circle includes the probable optical counterpart in the form of a magnitude V = 14.2 star with the spectral characteristics of type Be.
Clark George W.
Remillard Ronald A.
Woo Jonathan Wonha
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