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ID# 49

MAXI J1659-152

V2862 Oph

(Paragi2010Paragi2013)

RA     (ICRS)     DEC

[hh:mm:ss.ss]          [dd:mm:ss.ss]

16:59:01.68  -15:15:28.73


ℓ                      b

[deg]                            [deg]

005.5153001  16.52618846

Year of discovery: 2010  
(Negoro2010)

# of outbursts after discovery:


Basic data

Distance [kpc] 8.6±3.7 Kuulkers2013
Distance to the plane (z) [kpc] 2.45±1.05 Kuulkers2013
Orbital period (Porb) [h] 2.414±0.005 Kuulkers2013Corral-Santana2018
Peak X-ray flux [erg s-1 cm-2]
[keV]
6.80E-09
[2-10]
Munoz-Darias2011
Outburst magnitude (AB) v=16.5 Russell2010Kennea2011
Quiescent magnitude (AB) r’=24.20±0.08 Corral-Santana2018
E(B-V) [mag] 0.34 DAvanzo2010

Strictly speaking it is not a dynamical BH but there is either a robust mass function or mass determination suggesting the presence of a BH


NOTES

MAXI J1659-152: Strictly speaking is not a dynamical BH because it lacks a detection of the secondary star. However, the FWHM(Hα) scaling from Casares2015 coupled with knowledge of the orbital period (Kuulkers2013,Corral-Santana2018) strongly indicates so.
In addition, Yamaoka2012 also suggested a BH from the study of X-ray spectral and timing properties. This values should be taken with caution.

Dynamical parameters

Orbital period [h] 2.414±0.005 Kuulkers2013Corral-Santana2018
Star's spectral type ~M5V Kuulkers2013Corral-Santana2018
Star's radial velocity amplitude (K2) [km/s]
Mass function 'f(M1)' [M]
BH mass (M1) [M] Yamaoka2012
Mass ratio (q=M2/M1)
Inclination angle (i) [deg] ∼70±10 Kuulkers2013



Optical/NIR magnitudes

Mag. Outburst (AB)
Russell2010Kennea2011
V=16.76 v=16.5
Mag. Quiescent (AB)
Corral-Santana2018
r’=24.20±0.08 I=23.63±0.02
H=22.1±0.1
Aladin finding chart
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MAXI J1659-152 in Simbad

Pan-STARRS1 finding chart

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PS1 Finding chart PS1 Finding chart

Finding charts

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Finding chart reference: Corral-Santana2018

Finding chart


Comparison stars (AB mag)

Corral-Santana2018
r'C1=16.065±0.005 i'C1=15.21±0.06
r'C2=17.069±0.006 i'C2=16.31±0.06
r'C3=18.795±0.006 i'C3=17.86±0.06
r'C4=20.240±0.006 i'C4=19.54±0.06
r'C5=18.256±0.008 i'C5=17.54±0.06
r'C6=18.332±0.006 i'C6=17.35±0.06
r'D1=18.450±0.006 i'D1=17.72±0.06
r'D2=17.629±0.006 i'D2=16.83±0.06
r'D3=19.023±0.006 i'D3=18.27±0.06
r'D4=17.877±0.006 i'D4=17.13±0.06
r'D5=17.532±0.006 i'D5=16.82±0.06
r'D7=20.085±0.006 i'D7=19.35±0.06
r'D8=19.407±0.005 i'D8=18.66±0.06



This research has made use of NASA's Astrophysics Data System (ADS), the SIMBAD database operated at CDS (Strasbourg, France) and APLpy
Please acknowledge the use of this catalogue in any published work you derive from it.

Last modified: 25 March 2024.