BlackCAT A Catalog of Stellar-Mass Black Holes in X-ray Binaries

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ID# 5

1H 1659-487

GX 339-4 = V821 Ara

(Gallo2004)

RA     (ICRS)     DEC

[hh:mm:ss.ss]          [dd:mm:ss.ss]

17:02:49.40  -48:47:23.40

ℓ                      b

[deg]                            [deg]

338.9390902  -04.32648295

Comparison stars (see below) reference: Buxton2012

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1H 1659-487 in Simbad

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Comparison stars (AB mag):

Buxton2012
V1=18.50±0.06 I1=15.57±0.07 J1=14.26±0.09 H1=13.88±0.09
V2=17.39±0.05 I2=15.80±0.07 J2=14.79±0.09 H2=14.41±0.10
V3=16.95±0.05 I3=15.93±0.06


This research makes use of image data obtained from the ING and LCOGT archives which are maintained as part of the CASU Astronomical Data Centre at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge.
Based on data obtained from the ESO Science Archive Facility under request number jcorral-160882 and the GTC PublicArchive at CAB (INTA-CSIC)
Please acknowledge the use of this catalogue in any published work you derive from it.
Last modified: 25 March 2024.