Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-01-23
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages (including 7 Figures), accepted for A&A, also available at http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/~dgrupe/research/refereed.html
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20010117
We report the discovery of a highly X-ray variable AGN, RX J2217.9-5941. This object was bright during the ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS), during which a decrease in the count rate by a factor of 12 was observed. It was found to be much fainter in follow-up HRI observations and is therefore an X-ray transient AGN candidate. On long time scales of years, its count rate decreased by a factor of about 30 between the RASS and the ROSAT HRI and ASCA observations in 1998. Analysis of the ASCA data, complicated by source confusion and poor statistics, tentatively indicates a steep spectrum in the faint state. There is no evidence for variability among 5 optical observations of the object obtained between 1992 and 1998. We discuss the variability of RX J2217.9-5941 and its possible X-ray transient nature.
Grupe Dirk
Leighly Karen M.
Thomas Hans-Christoph
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