Swift J174540.2-290005
(Kennea2006a)
RA (ICRS) DEC
[hh:mm:ss.ss] [dd:mm:ss.ss]
17:45:40.10 -29:00:06.40
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ℓ b
[deg] [deg]
359.9494702 -00.04315833
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Year of discovery:
2006
(Kennea2006)
# of outbursts after discovery:
Basic data
Distance [kpc] |
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Distance to the plane (z) [kpc] |
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Orbital period (Porb) [h] |
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Peak X-ray flux [erg s-1 cm-2] [keV] |
4.98E-12 [2-10] |
Kennea2006 |
Outburst magnitude (AB) |
Ks>19.55 |
Wang2006 |
Quiescent magnitude (AB) |
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E(B-V) [mag] |
10 | Schlafly2011 |
Spectral type |
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NOTES
Swift J174540.2-290005 is 1 pc from Sgr A* assuming an 8.5 kpc distance (Kennea2006). If this transient is an X-ray binary it would be a LMXB (Wang2006). VLA observations did not detect a radio counterpart leaving open the possibility of magnetar or a LMXB hosting a NS or BH (Bower2016) |
Optical/NIR magnitudes
Mag. Outburst (AB)
Wang2006
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Ks>19.55 |
Mag. Quiescent (AB)
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