From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Sat Oct 18 2003 - 12:31:10 PDT
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From: NOGAMI Daisaku
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 3:02 PM
To: vsnet-alert_at_ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Subject: [vsnet-alert 7921] Fw: New Outburst in Recurrent X-ray transient (MX0656-072 = XTEJ0658-073)
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 14:51:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ron Remillard <rr_at_space.mit.edu>
To: vsnet-alert_at_kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Subject: New Outburst in Recurrent X-ray transient (MX0656-072 = XTEJ0658-073)
The soft X-ray transient, "MX0656-072", has begun a new X-ray
outburst. Observations with the RXTE All-Sky Monitor reveal a slowly
increasing flux during the last 7 days, reaching a value of 75 (5)
mCrab at 2-12 keV on 2003 October 18. The ASM position is consistent
with the 3' error box (J2000 center in degrees: 104.612, -7.263)
produced by Ariel V during the 1975-1976 outburst. The current X-ray
flux is similar to the peak value (80 mCrab) seen in sparse
measurements of the first outburst (see Liu et al. 2001,
A&A 368, 1021). Observations at optical and other wavelengths are
strongly encouraged.
Ron Remillard (MIT) and Frank Marshall (GSFC) report for the
RXTE ASM team.
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