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ID# 54

Swift J1910.2-0546

MAXI J1910-057

(Rau2012)

RA     (ICRS)     DEC [hh:mm:ss.ss]          [dd:mm:ss.ss] 19:10:22.80  -05:47:55.92

ℓ                      b [deg]                            [deg] 029.9025737  -06.84402939

Year of discovery: 2012  
(Krimm2012Usui2012)

# of outbursts after discovery: 1

Basic data

Distance [kpc]
Distance to the plane (z) [kpc]
Orbital period (Porb) [h]	>6.2	Casares2012
Peak X-ray flux [erg s-1 cm-2] [keV]	1.95E-08 [2-10]	Reis2013
Outburst magnitude (AB)	i’=15.6±0.1	Rau2012
Quiescent magnitude (AB)	i’=22.18±0.04	Lopez2019
E(B-V) [mag]	0.52	Schlafly2011
Spectral type

NOTES

Swift J1910.2-0546 showed another outburst in 2022 (Tominaga2022 that lasted approximately a month (Saikia2022). Saikia2023, studying the 2012-2022 optical behaviour of the system, identified other 7 quasi-periodic optical reflares in 2013 and a mini-outburst in 2014.)

Optical/NIR magnitudes

Mag. Outburst (AB) Rau2012
		r'=15.7±0.1	i’=15.6±0.1
			Ks=15.6±0.1
Mag. Quiescent (AB) Lopez2019
r’=23.46±0.07		i’=22.18±0.04
		Ks=20.4±0.1

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Swift J1910.2-0546 in Simbad

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