RXTE Galactic Center Observation

Observation Date:1999-10-19
Mission Day:2117g
Modified Julian Day: 51470.291
Mission times: 182933969.00- 182943169.00
Scan type:cross

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PCA Reconstructed model on 1999-10-19 (click a source)

1E1740.7-2942 (265.96,-29.75) 1E1743.1-2843 (266.58,-28.72) 2E1746.7-3225 (267.51,-32.43) 2S1742-294 (266.52,-29.52) 2S1803-245 (271.71,-24.59) 4U 1711-34 (258.58,-34.05) 4U 1728-34 (262.99,-33.83) 4U 1746-371 (267.55,-37.05) 4U 1820-30 (275.93,-30.37) A1744-361 (267.08,-36.12) AX J1749.1-2639 (267.30,-26.65) EXO 1722-363 (261.48,-36.41) EXO 1742-326 (266.37,-32.69) EXO 1745-248 (267.02,-24.78) GCRT J1745-3009 (266.27,-30.16) GCRT J1746-2757 (266.54,-27.95) GRS 1734-292 (264.35,-29.18) GRS 1747-312 (267.69,-31.29) GRS 1758-258 (270.30,-25.74) GS 1826-238 (277.36,-23.79) GX 1+4 (263.01,-24.75) GX 3+1 (266.98,-26.56) GX 5-1 (270.28,-25.08) GX 9+1 (270.38,-20.53) H1743-322 (266.57,-32.24) IGR J17191-2821 (259.77,-28.35) IGR J17331-2406 (263.28,-24.11) IGR J17375-3022 (264.39,-30.38) IGR J17497-2821 (267.40,-28.36) IGR J17511-3057 (267.79,-30.96) IGR J17586-2129 (269.64,-21.39) KS 1731-260 (263.55,-26.09) KS 1732-273 (264.00,-27.44) KS 1741-293 (266.20,-29.35) MXB 1730-33 (263.35,-33.39) MXB 1730-33B (263.35,-33.39) OPH CLU (258.16,-23.39) R 1832-330 (278.93,-32.99) RXJ1709.5-263 (257.38,-26.66) RXS J172006.1 (260.03,-31.28) RXS J172525.5 (261.36,-32.95) RXS J173251.1 (263.21,-34.79) RXS J175428.3 (268.62,-26.34) RXS J180326.2 (270.84,-25.27) RXS J180824.5 (272.10,-23.15) SAXJ1747.0-2853 (266.79,-28.88) SAXJ1750.8-2900 (267.60,-29.03) SAXJ1753.5-2349 (268.39,-23.82) SAXJ1802.7-2017 (270.67,-20.29) SAXJ1805.5-2031 (271.39,-20.51) SAXJ1806.5-2215 (271.64,-22.25) SAXJ1808.4-3658 (272.12,-36.98) SAXJ1808.4-365P (271.12,-35.50) SAXJ1810.8-2609 (272.69,-26.15) SGR 1806-20 (272.16,-20.41) SGR A (266.40,-29.00) SLX 1735-269 (264.56,-27.00) SLX 1737-282 (265.24,-28.31) SLX 1744-300 (266.86,-30.04) SLX 1746-331 (267.46,-33.20) SW J1729.9-3437 (262.54,-34.61) SW J1756.9-2508 (269.24,-25.11) TERZAN 2 (261.89,-30.80) WGAJ1715.3-2635 (258.84,-26.60) XTE J1710-281 (257.55,-28.12) XTE J1710-281P (258.55,-28.91) XTE J1719-291 (259.89,-29.06) XTE J1719-356 (259.97,-35.68) XTE J1720-318 (260.00,-31.75) XTE J1723-376 (260.90,-37.65) XTE J1726-283 (261.66,-28.30) XTE J1728-295 (262.16,-29.52) XTE J1734-234 (263.53,-23.36) XTE J1737-376 (264.50,-37.77) XTE J1739-285 (264.98,-28.48) XTE J1739-302 (264.75,-30.27) XTE J1743-363 (265.74,-36.33) XTE J1744-230 (266.04,-23.12) XTE J1747-274 (266.91,-27.44) XTE J1748-288 (267.02,-28.47) XTE J1751-305 (267.81,-30.62) XTE J1752-223 (268.04,-22.32) XTE J1752-280 (268.20,-28.00) XTE J1755-312 (268.78,-31.16) XTE J1756-342 (269.02,-34.21) XTE J1757-306 (269.41,-30.66) XTE J1805-295 (271.40,-29.52) XTE J1807-294 (271.74,-29.40) XTE J1812-230 (273.20,-23.00) XTE J1814-338 (273.41,-33.77) XTE J1817-330 (274.43,-33.02) XTE J1818-245 (274.61,-24.54) XTE J1819-254 (274.83,-25.41) XTE J1819-254P (273.83,-26.41)

Commentary

Craig Markwardt writes:

Here is a report of the galactic bulge scans for 19 Oct 1999, day
2117.  These scans were primarily in the east-west direction.

 * a new source, designated XTE J1739-285, appeared in the last
   observation.  The fitted flux is 760 ct/s/5PCU (2-13 keV).  Its
   best fit position is RA=264.981, DEC=-28.4995, with an uncertainty
   of 5-10 arcmin.  There are nearby potentially confusing sources,
   SLX 1737-282 and 4U 1735-28.  The closest is SLX; however this
   source was already in my model and does not fit the observations by
   itself.  The 4U source is farther away (0.3 deg), too far in my
   opinion to be this new source.  There are a few ROSAT sources a
   similar distance away.

 * a faint source I forgot to mention last week, designated XTE
   J1805-295, reached a peak flux of 33+/-3 ct/s.  The best-fit
   position was RA=271.4045, DEC=-29.5209.  Again, there are no
   compelling nearby known sources.  This was a faint source which was
   undetectable in this most recent observation.

 * we observed a burst from either the rapid burster or 4U 1728-34.
   Given that we have seen bursts from the rapid burster before, and
   it's just been in outburst, it appears to be the most likely
   candidate.  Peak flux was 6300 ct/s/5PCU (2-13 keV).

 * the fitted flux of the rapid burster itself has declined to about
   140 ct/s.

 * GRS 1747-312 (= Terzan 6) reappeared at about 145 ct/s (compared to
   35 ct/s last week).  This happened because we caught the tail end
   of an eclipse last week!  (6% probability by chance)

 * XTE J1819-254 has remained virtually inert since its outburst a few
   weeks ago.

Craig

Known Sources: ASCII table

SourceTime (MJD)RA (2000)DEC (2000)Rate (ct/s/5PCU)Error (ct/s/5PCU)Bkg (ct/s/5PCU)
1E1740.7-2942 51470.349 265.9604 -29.75 207.03 26.75 300.10
1E1743.1-2843 51470.363 266.5792 -28.72 127.19 65.37 226.12
2E1746.7-3225 51470.316 267.5144 -32.43 14.51 4.98 18.28
2S1742-294 51470.351 266.5230 -29.52 304.14 42.77 394.05
2S1803-245 51470.378 271.7090 -24.59 -4.37 4.50 14.63
4U_1711-34 51470.315 258.5800 -34.05 28.66 0.94 9.33
4U_1728-34 51470.314 262.9920 -33.83 977.26 24.59 1825.75
4U_1746-371 51470.294 267.5523 -37.05 477.30 9.78 4.38
4U_1820-30 51470.312 275.9280 -30.37 2993.39 51.67 3.06
4U_1820-30 51470.319 275.9280 -30.37 3079.37 25.71 3.06
A1744-361 51470.299 267.0800 -36.12 -4.17 3.32 16.37
AX_J1749.1-2639 51470.372 267.3000 -26.65 -22.37 22.62 1982.47
EXO_1722-363 51470.301 261.4810 -36.41 9.16 2.33 23.48
EXO_1742-326 51470.316 266.3690 -32.69 32.29 5.64 20.80
EXO_1745-248 51470.383 267.0208 -24.78 0.07 2.41 16.43
GCRT_J1745-3009 51470.338 266.2708 -30.16 20.81 17.44 358.41
GCRT_J1746-2757 51470.367 266.5417 -27.95 14.63 15.63 78.45
GRS_1734-292 51470.364 264.3533 -29.18 56.81 5.60 89.51
GRS_1747-312 51470.321 267.6900 -31.29 155.87 14.64 9.40
GRS_1758-258 51470.373 270.3025 -25.74 167.12 11.91 3612.86
GS_1826-238 51470.376 277.3623 -23.79 359.46 1.75 3.39
GX_1+4 51470.382 263.0090 -24.75 431.66 63.66 12.88
GX_1+4 51470.386 263.0090 -24.75 443.17 9.35 12.88
GX_1+4 51470.389 263.0090 -24.75 289.60 8.38 12.88
GX_3+1 51470.370 266.9830 -26.56 3111.45 39.88 12.06
GX_3+1 51470.376 266.9830 -26.56 2763.62 28.24 12.06
GX_5-1 51470.374 270.2840 -25.08 14978.53 83.93 106.16
GX_5-1 51470.378 270.2840 -25.08 12658.11 43.99 106.16
GX_9+1 51470.397 270.3846 -20.53 7814.70 78.75 -171.41
H1743-322 51470.317 266.5700 -32.24 9.23 6.52 33.97
IGR_J17191-2821 51470.372 259.7700 -28.35 1.99 3.35 4.42
IGR_J17331-2406 51470.390 263.2833 -24.11 28.34 6.26 81.26
IGR_J17375-3022 51470.340 264.3946 -30.38 8.08 7.06 36.75
IGR_J17497-2821 51470.364 267.4041 -28.36 -19.02 21.30 100.75
IGR_J17511-3057 51470.323 267.7875 -30.96 -22.26 25.72 134.85
IGR_J17586-2129 51470.395 269.6440 -21.39 13.66 4.35 41.84
KS_1731-260 51470.379 263.5539 -26.09 496.72 8.40 8.94
KS_1732-273 51470.372 263.9958 -27.44 0.98 3.64 42.87
KS_1741-293 51470.353 266.2042 -29.35 152.31 70.66 460.12
MXB_1730-33 51470.315 263.3498 -33.39 116.25 10.53 4645.10
MXB_1730-33B 51470.314 263.3498 -33.39 4176.23 56.44 560.06
OPH_CLU 51470.394 258.1580 -23.39 547.51 18.63 3.00
RXJ1709.5-263 51470.383 257.3760 -26.66 1.61 0.49 3.06
RXS_J172006.1 51470.345 260.0254 -31.28 30.44 2.87 2.44
RXS_J172525.5 51470.319 261.3563 -32.95 46.38 6.19 15.36
RXS_J173251.1 51470.308 263.2129 -34.79 19.50 4.30 49.35
RXS_J175428.3 51470.372 268.6179 -26.34 2.12 3.37 33.56
RXS_J180326.2 51470.375 270.8417 -25.27 98.92 13.46 5308.30
RXS_J180824.5 51470.385 272.1021 -23.15 13.47 2.65 13.60
R_1832-330 51470.298 278.9317 -32.99 101.99 1.22 2.99
SAXJ1747.0-2853 51470.363 266.7879 -28.88 42.69 62.19 324.10
SAXJ1750.8-2900 51470.354 267.6000 -29.03 32.37 7.21 44.69
SAXJ1753.5-2349 51470.386 268.3917 -23.82 -2.68 3.13 16.94
SAXJ1802.7-2017 51470.397 270.6663 -20.29 -294.56 121.64 4917.12
SAXJ1805.5-2031 51470.397 271.3917 -20.51 3.95 9.30 347.58
SAXJ1806.5-2215 51470.391 271.6417 -22.25 2.39 2.29 20.78
SAXJ1808.4-3658 51470.292 272.1208 -36.98 -1.04 0.54 3.03
SAXJ1808.4-365P 51470.298 271.1200 -35.50 0.87 2.07 3.28
SAXJ1810.8-2609 51470.369 272.6850 -26.15 -1.28 1.93 8.52
SGR_1806-20 51470.397 272.1642 -20.41 13.60 4.63 29.58
SGR_A 51470.363 266.4000 -29.00 67.69 76.89 407.98
SLX_1735-269 51470.373 264.5647 -27.00 104.67 4.40 15.19
SLX_1737-282 51470.366 265.2360 -28.31 48.68 19.38 626.81
SLX_1744-300 51470.337 266.8580 -30.04 303.09 15.31 177.08
SLX_1746-331 51470.313 267.4608 -33.20 16.36 4.50 14.08
SW_J1729.9-3437 51470.309 262.5375 -34.61 -12.84 4.89 134.41
SW_J1756.9-2508 51470.378 269.2380 -25.11 12.68 6.49 631.09
TERZAN_2 51470.344 261.8880 -30.80 292.00 5.51 13.89
WGAJ1715.3-2635 51470.382 258.8370 -26.60 3.00 1.64 3.26
XTE_J1710-281 51470.372 257.5500 -28.12 23.71 0.71 3.22
XTE_J1710-281P 51470.367 258.5500 -28.91 -4.59 7.37 3.89
XTE_J1719-291 51470.365 259.8890 -29.06 -0.87 3.46 5.88
XTE_J1719-356 51470.305 259.9700 -35.68 3.06 1.13 16.57
XTE_J1720-318 51470.335 259.9961 -31.75 -12.82 5.86 24.60
XTE_J1723-376 51470.296 260.9000 -37.65 1.62 0.61 15.88
XTE_J1726-283 51470.370 261.6570 -28.30 1.26 6.01 8.09
XTE_J1728-295 51470.364 262.1570 -29.52 2.37 2.45 12.21
XTE_J1734-234 51470.394 263.5280 -23.36 -0.63 2.67 9.15
XTE_J1737-376 51470.294 264.4950 -37.77 -6.36 2.50 7.52
XTE_J1739-285 51470.365 264.9790 -28.48 842.35 20.52 60.21
XTE_J1739-302 51470.341 264.7500 -30.27 14.97 7.81 36.97
XTE_J1743-363 51470.299 265.7415 -36.33 9.64 2.83 7.95
XTE_J1744-230 51470.393 266.0350 -23.12 30.27 2.96 9.00
XTE_J1747-274 51470.370 266.9095 -27.44 31.47 13.39 286.88
XTE_J1748-288 51470.364 267.0210 -28.47 38.43 44.99 136.79
XTE_J1751-305 51470.324 267.8062 -30.62 23.77 15.21 51.86
XTE_J1752-223 51470.393 268.0440 -22.32 1.52 3.31 12.38
XTE_J1752-280 51470.364 268.2000 -28.00 41.25 6.36 20.80
XTE_J1755-312 51470.320 268.7820 -31.16 12.15 4.38 24.05
XTE_J1756-342 51470.306 269.0228 -34.21 9.50 2.84 5.62
XTE_J1757-306 51470.322 269.4130 -30.66 25.67 4.59 13.82
XTE_J1805-295 51470.326 271.4045 -29.52 8.18 4.71 6.62
XTE_J1807-294 51470.326 271.7441 -29.40 -1.12 4.48 12.26
XTE_J1812-230 51470.384 273.2000 -23.00 4.21 2.05 10.72
XTE_J1814-338 51470.302 273.4126 -33.77 4.75 2.65 3.10
XTE_J1817-330 51470.305 274.4250 -33.02 -0.17 1.99 3.07
XTE_J1818-245 51470.370 274.6050 -24.54 3.97 1.87 6.04
XTE_J1819-254 51470.369 274.8300 -25.41 4.76 0.59 5.06
XTE_J1819-254P 51470.367 273.8300 -26.41 12.89 5.05 5.54

Scan Light Curve

Light Curve - Day 2117g - Part 1

Legend
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  8 - XTE J1719-356   
 11 - XTE J1723-376   
 12 - EXO 1722-363    
 18 - 4U 1728-34      
 20 - RXS J173251.1   
 35 - XTE J1743-363   
 59 - SLX 1746-331    
 61 - 4U 1746-371     
 72 - XTE J1756-342   
 96 - XTE J1814-338   
103 - 4U 1820-30      
105 - R 1832-330      
Light Curve - Day 2117g - Part 2

Legend
--------------------------
  4 - 4U 1711-34      
 10 - RXS J172006.1   
 13 - RXS J172525.5   
 15 - TERZAN 2        
 18 - 4U 1728-34      
 22 - MXB 1730-33     
 23 - MXB 1730-33B    
 28 - IGR J17375-3022 
 31 - XTE J1739-302   
 36 - 1E1740.7-2942   
 38 - KS 1741-293     
 39 - GCRT J1745-3009 
 40 - EXO 1742-326    
 42 - 2S1742-294      
 45 - H1743-322       
 48 - SLX 1744-300    
 59 - SLX 1746-331    
 60 - 2E1746.7-3225   
 62 - SAXJ1750.8-2900 
 63 - GRS 1747-312    
 65 - XTE J1751-305   
 71 - XTE J1755-312   
 74 - XTE J1757-306   
 83 - XTE J1805-295   
103 - 4U 1820-30      
195 - 4U 1820-30      
Light Curve - Day 2117g - Part 3

Legend
--------------------------
  0 - RXJ1709.5-263   
  1 - XTE J1710-281   
  5 - WGAJ1715.3-2635 
  6 - IGR J17191-2821 
 10 - RXS J172006.1   
 15 - TERZAN 2        
 16 - XTE J1728-295   
 25 - KS 1731-260     
 27 - GRS 1734-292    
 28 - IGR J17375-3022 
 30 - SLX 1735-269    
 31 - XTE J1739-302   
 32 - XTE J1739-285   
 33 - SLX 1737-282    
 36 - 1E1740.7-2942   
 38 - KS 1741-293     
 39 - GCRT J1745-3009 
 41 - SGR A           
 42 - 2S1742-294      
 43 - GCRT J1746-2757 
 44 - 1E1743.1-2843   
 46 - SAXJ1747.0-2853 
 48 - SLX 1744-300    
 50 - XTE J1747-274   
 51 - GX 3+1          
 54 - XTE J1748-288   
 62 - SAXJ1750.8-2900 
 68 - XTE J1752-280   
 70 - RXS J175428.3   
 73 - SW J1756.9-2508 
 77 - GX 5-1          
 78 - GRS 1758-258    
 81 - RXS J180326.2   
100 - XTE J1818-245   
101 - XTE J1819-254   
102 - XTE J1819-254P  
104 - GS 1826-238     
193 - GX 3+1          
194 - GX 5-1          
Light Curve - Day 2117g - Part 4

Legend
--------------------------
  0 - RXJ1709.5-263   
  3 - OPH CLU         
  5 - WGAJ1715.3-2635 
 19 - GX 1+4          
 21 - IGR J17331-2406 
 25 - KS 1731-260     
 37 - XTE J1744-230   
 73 - SW J1756.9-2508 
 75 - IGR J17586-2129 
 79 - GX 9+1          
 82 - SAXJ1805.5-2031 
 85 - SAXJ1806.5-2215 
 87 - RXS J180824.5   
 90 - SGR 1806-20     
 95 - XTE J1812-230   
150 - G11.2-0.3       
191 - GX 1+4          
192 - GX 1+4          
194 - GX 5-1          

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