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IAUC 7008: XTE J1550-564; XTE J1906+09
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Circular No. 7008
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XTE J1550-564
D. A. Smith, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), on
behalf of the RXTE/ASM teams at MIT and Goddard Space Flight Center
(GSFC), reports: "A transient x-ray source has been detected with
the RXTE/ASM near R.A. = 15h50m41s, Decl. = -56o27'.6 (equinox
2000.0). The source was first detected at an intensity of about 70
mCrab (2-12 keV; 5-sigma significance) in an observation at Sept.
7.0927 UT. At Sept. 7.4282, the source was observed to have a
strength of 170 +/- 20 mCrab. Crossed lines of position were
obtained; from these, the source is estimated to be located within
a region (90-percent confidence) defined by a box of width 4'.3 and
length 11'.0 with corners at R.A. = 15h51m31s, -56o33'.4; 15h50m19s,
-56o26'.1; 15h49m52s, -56o19'.3; 15h50m57s, -56o25'.1."
F. E. Marshall, GSFC; and E. A. Smith, Hughes STX and GSFC,
write: "An RXTE PCA observation on Sept. 7.72 UT of the transient
XTE J1550-564 shows a highly-variable source with an average 2-10-
keV flux of 6 x 10E-8 erg sE-1 cmE-2. Aperiodic variability of
about a factor of two was seen on timescales of less than a second.
The source is likely to be a black-hole transient."
XTE J1906+09
T. Takeshima and R. H. D. Corbet, Goddard Space Flight Center
(GSFC) and Universities Space Research Association; and J. H.
Swank, GSFC, on behalf of the RXTE Science Operations Center,
report: "During a series of pointed observations of SGR 1900+14
with the Proportional Counter Array on RXTE, a coherent pulsation
at period of 89.178 +/- 0.003 s (not barycenter-corrected) was
detected, in addition to 5.16-s pulsations (IAUC 7001, 7002, 7003,
7004, 7005), in data obtained on Aug. 31.34-31.52, Sept. 1.24-1.52,
and 2.41-2.52 UT. However, the 89-s pulsations were not seen in
observations on Aug. 29.41-29.59 and 30.28-30.46. This period and
the 2-10-keV pulse profile are consistent with those reported by
Marsden et al. (1998, Ap.J. 502, L129) for XTE J1906+09. The
average pulsed PCA count rates were 1.6, 2.5, and 4.3 counts/s
(2-10 keV) in the three observations, respectively. As SGR 1900+14
pulses at a 5.16-s period, XTE J1906+09 with its 89-s period is
probably a transient pulsar and not associated with the soft
gamma-ray repeater itself. Offset pointed observations with the
PCA are scheduled to attempt to determine the source position."
(C) Copyright 1998 CBAT
1998 September 8 (7008) Daniel W. E. Green
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