RXTE Galactic Center Observation

Observation Date:1999-03-15
Mission Day:1899b
Modified Julian Day: 51252.097
Mission times: 164081969.00- 164091143.00
Scan type:cross

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PCA Reconstructed model on 1999-03-15 (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) 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) SAXJ1808.4-365P (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 J1759-220 (269.94,-22.03) 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

Frank Marshall writes:

My blink test of the latest NS scans (March 15th = PD1899) reveals:

* XTE J1819-254 is about 100 cps (=12 mCrab).
* XTE J1710-281 is about  30 cps (= 4 mCrab).
* XTE J1723-376 is about 600 cps (=75 mCrab).
* The weak source near (265.6,-23.1) is still there.
* No bright new sources.

* There is a strong peak in the 10-15 keV band at
  164,082,767. This might be related to XTE J1723-376 at the edge of
  the fov.

Note:  Conversion to mCrab takens into account the fact that PCU2 is off.

Frank

Craig Markwardt writes:

Other things of interest for this observation:

 * KS 1731-26 is all but gone now.
 * The rapid burster is at 2800 ct/s/5PCU (= 280 mCrab)
 * XTE J1744-36 has faded to about 10 ct/s/5PCU (= 1 mCrab)

 * A source near the galactic center region is increasing in flux.  In
   my source model, I attribute it to increases in XTE J1748-288 (a
   black hole candidate with superluminal jets), which increased from
   150 to 230 ct/s/5PCU; and SGR A, which increased from 220 to 420
   cts/s/5PCU.  However, that region is highly confused, so this
   attribution may not be correct.

 * Could this be SAX J1747-2853 ?

 * The spike you mention at 164 082 767 probably is not XTE 1723.  [ I
   haven't had a chance to look at it myself. ]  That source should
   peak at about 164 082 783.

NOTE: all rates are are corrected to 5 PCUs. There are some attitude
problems in the data -- a few erroneous values -- but this does not
appear to have significantly changed the results.

Craig

Craig Markwardt writes:
 >
 >  * KS 1731-26 is all but gone now.

This was a mistake on my part.  I should have said that KS 1731-26 has
returned to its original persistent level of about 50 mCrab.

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 51252.155 265.9604 -29.75 246.23 24.18 157.12
1E1743.1-2843 51252.169 266.5792 -28.72 -20.55 65.04 594.76
2E1746.7-3225 51252.122 267.5144 -32.43 14.27 4.11 16.26
2S1742-294 51252.156 266.5230 -29.52 152.47 34.03 445.28
2S1803-245 51252.183 271.7090 -24.59 5.62 4.39 13.62
4U_1711-34 51252.121 258.5800 -34.05 385.10 2.13 8.96
4U_1728-34 51252.119 262.9920 -33.83 1018.38 24.66 1289.69
4U_1746-371 51252.100 267.5523 -37.05 439.87 9.28 4.12
4U_1820-30 51252.117 275.9280 -30.37 2105.71 34.95 2.69
4U_1820-30 51252.124 275.9280 -30.37 2570.47 21.54 2.69
A1744-361 51252.105 267.0800 -36.12 1.10 2.98 15.21
AX_J1749.1-2639 51252.179 267.3000 -26.65 73.64 21.53 1566.75
EXO_1722-363 51252.107 261.4810 -36.41 16.66 2.13 23.11
EXO_1742-326 51252.122 266.3690 -32.69 19.89 4.62 22.51
EXO_1745-248 51252.188 267.0208 -24.78 3.97 2.46 16.06
GCRT_J1745-3009 51252.144 266.2708 -30.16 -15.54 14.27 298.01
GCRT_J1746-2757 51252.172 266.5417 -27.95 57.87 19.60 62.98
GRS_1734-292 51252.169 264.3533 -29.18 32.65 3.95 20.78
GRS_1747-312 51252.126 267.6900 -31.29 14.58 10.04 15.10
GRS_1758-258 51252.180 270.3025 -25.74 266.97 17.30 4058.61
GS_1826-238 51252.182 277.3623 -23.79 349.71 1.70 3.02
GX_1+4 51252.187 263.0090 -24.75 194.11 52.99 7.82
GX_1+4 51252.192 263.0090 -24.75 239.69 7.12 7.82
GX_1+4 51252.194 263.0090 -24.75 281.50 8.53 7.82
GX_3+1 51252.176 266.9830 -26.56 2082.12 44.16 77.62
GX_3+1 51252.181 266.9830 -26.56 2177.16 26.21 77.62
GX_5-1 51252.180 270.2840 -25.08 15171.55 94.77 110.69
GX_5-1 51252.183 270.2840 -25.08 14290.95 58.86 110.69
GX_9+1 51252.202 270.3846 -20.53 7643.13 75.98 298.57
H1743-322 51252.123 266.5700 -32.24 13.83 5.22 27.67
IGR_J17191-2821 51252.178 259.7700 -28.35 3.48 3.27 3.71
IGR_J17331-2406 51252.196 263.2833 -24.11 10.55 6.15 78.90
IGR_J17375-3022 51252.148 264.3946 -30.38 13.48 6.25 23.35
IGR_J17497-2821 51252.170 267.4041 -28.36 -4.09 20.22 144.68
IGR_J17511-3057 51252.129 267.7875 -30.96 -5.12 19.10 30.87
IGR_J17586-2129 51252.201 269.6440 -21.39 -3.13 3.81 39.06
KS_1731-260 51252.184 263.5539 -26.09 638.09 9.39 8.57
KS_1732-273 51252.178 263.9958 -27.44 0.74 4.01 42.12
KS_1741-293 51252.159 266.2042 -29.35 -16.09 60.75 560.23
MXB_1730-33 51252.121 263.3498 -33.39 3007.64 21.07 460.90
OPH_CLU 51252.200 258.1580 -23.39 572.62 13.40 2.63
RXJ1709.5-263 51252.188 257.3760 -26.66 1.16 0.47 2.69
RXS_J172006.1 51252.148 260.0254 -31.28 15.59 2.26 7.12
RXS_J172525.5 51252.124 261.3563 -32.95 26.73 4.94 14.99
RXS_J173251.1 51252.114 263.2129 -34.79 19.14 3.83 51.11
RXS_J175428.3 51252.179 268.6179 -26.34 -1.70 3.52 33.23
RXS_J180326.2 51252.182 270.8417 -25.27 44.47 13.02 6011.41
RXS_J180824.5 51252.191 272.1021 -23.15 9.06 2.49 13.12
R_1832-330 51252.103 278.9317 -32.99 71.33 0.96 2.62
SAXJ1747.0-2853 51252.169 266.7879 -28.88 388.22 55.39 275.25
SAXJ1750.8-2900 51252.160 267.6000 -29.03 27.85 7.09 116.44
SAXJ1753.5-2349 51252.192 268.3917 -23.82 -0.28 3.13 16.57
SAXJ1802.7-2017 51252.202 270.6663 -20.29 457.15 117.43 4803.45
SAXJ1805.5-2031 51252.202 271.3917 -20.51 -20.93 8.61 507.89
SAXJ1806.5-2215 51252.196 271.6417 -22.25 -2.26 2.29 20.28
SAXJ1808.4-365P 51252.103 271.1200 -35.50 -0.89 2.00 2.91
SAXJ1810.8-2609 51252.175 272.6850 -26.15 5.71 2.02 8.06
SGR_1806-20 51252.202 272.1642 -20.41 4.88 4.21 23.90
SGR_A 51252.169 266.4000 -29.00 302.44 76.50 364.45
SLX_1735-269 51252.179 264.5647 -27.00 103.28 4.43 14.76
SLX_1737-282 51252.172 265.2360 -28.31 34.96 10.02 34.17
SLX_1744-300 51252.143 266.8580 -30.04 266.48 12.10 100.99
SLX_1746-331 51252.119 267.4608 -33.20 6.65 3.64 13.54
SW_J1729.9-3437 51252.115 262.5375 -34.61 -10.97 4.21 137.95
SW_J1756.9-2508 51252.183 269.2380 -25.11 -1.85 6.56 707.75
TERZAN_2 51252.149 261.8880 -30.80 275.73 5.05 13.52
WGAJ1715.3-2635 51252.188 258.8370 -26.60 2.50 1.53 2.89
XTE_J1710-281 51252.178 257.5500 -28.12 38.74 0.83 2.85
XTE_J1710-281P 51252.173 258.5500 -28.91 0.84 6.84 3.53
XTE_J1719-291 51252.171 259.8890 -29.06 -2.35 3.17 5.85
XTE_J1719-356 51252.111 259.9700 -35.68 1.08 0.97 16.20
XTE_J1720-318 51252.140 259.9961 -31.75 -2.65 4.84 16.86
XTE_J1723-376 51252.102 260.9000 -37.65 750.12 2.71 15.51
XTE_J1726-283 51252.176 261.6570 -28.30 5.41 5.71 7.72
XTE_J1728-295 51252.170 262.1570 -29.52 4.28 2.33 11.84
XTE_J1734-234 51252.199 263.5280 -23.36 0.28 2.60 5.94
XTE_J1737-376 51252.100 264.4950 -37.77 4.35 2.84 7.15
XTE_J1739-285 51252.171 264.9790 -28.48 18.26 9.48 47.98
XTE_J1739-302 51252.150 264.7500 -30.27 -4.56 7.50 40.19
XTE_J1743-363 51252.105 265.7415 -36.33 15.20 2.74 7.60
XTE_J1744-230 51252.198 266.0350 -23.12 36.65 3.12 8.63
XTE_J1747-274 51252.175 266.9095 -27.44 12.20 19.35 257.74
XTE_J1748-288 51252.170 267.0210 -28.47 33.92 43.09 301.04
XTE_J1751-305 51252.130 267.8062 -30.62 6.54 11.34 23.81
XTE_J1752-223 51252.199 268.0440 -22.32 4.04 3.36 12.01
XTE_J1752-280 51252.170 268.2000 -28.00 27.07 5.23 22.82
XTE_J1755-312 51252.126 268.7820 -31.16 3.47 3.25 15.17
XTE_J1756-342 51252.112 269.0228 -34.21 3.91 2.27 5.25
XTE_J1757-306 51252.128 269.4130 -30.66 13.34 3.77 11.65
XTE_J1759-220 51252.198 269.9404 -22.03 -7.21 3.88 18.59
XTE_J1805-295 51252.131 271.4045 -29.52 -3.10 4.02 11.17
XTE_J1807-294 51252.131 271.7441 -29.40 6.15 3.98 4.26
XTE_J1812-230 51252.189 273.2000 -23.00 5.23 2.02 10.28
XTE_J1814-338 51252.107 273.4126 -33.77 2.39 2.20 2.73
XTE_J1817-330 51252.110 274.4250 -33.02 -1.87 1.62 2.69
XTE_J1818-245 51252.181 274.6050 -24.54 3.64 1.94 19.19
XTE_J1819-254 51252.175 274.8300 -25.41 174.45 3.43 4.66
XTE_J1819-254P 51252.172 273.8300 -26.41 1.45 3.43 5.23

Scan Light Curve

Light Curve - Day 1899b - Part 1

Legend
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 11 - XTE J1723-376   
 12 - EXO 1722-363    
 18 - 4U 1728-34      
 20 - RXS J173251.1   
 22 - MXB 1730-33     
 29 - XTE J1737-376   
 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 1899b - 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     
 28 - IGR J17375-3022 
 36 - 1E1740.7-2942   
 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   
 84 - XTE J1807-294   
103 - 4U 1820-30      
195 - 4U 1820-30      
Light Curve - Day 1899b - Part 3

Legend
--------------------------
  0 - RXJ1709.5-263   
  1 - XTE J1710-281   
  5 - WGAJ1715.3-2635 
  6 - IGR J17191-2821 
 10 - RXS J172006.1   
 14 - XTE J1726-283   
 15 - TERZAN 2        
 16 - XTE J1728-295   
 25 - KS 1731-260     
 27 - GRS 1734-292    
 28 - IGR J17375-3022 
 30 - SLX 1735-269    
 32 - XTE J1739-285   
 33 - SLX 1737-282    
 36 - 1E1740.7-2942   
 41 - SGR A           
 42 - 2S1742-294      
 43 - GCRT J1746-2757 
 46 - SAXJ1747.0-2853 
 48 - SLX 1744-300    
 50 - XTE J1747-274   
 51 - GX 3+1          
 54 - XTE J1748-288   
 57 - AX J1749.1-2639 
 62 - SAXJ1750.8-2900 
 68 - XTE J1752-280   
 77 - GX 5-1          
 78 - GRS 1758-258    
 81 - RXS J180326.2   
 86 - 2S1803-245      
 93 - SAXJ1810.8-2609 
100 - XTE J1818-245   
101 - XTE J1819-254   
104 - GS 1826-238     
193 - GX 3+1          
194 - GX 5-1          
Light Curve - Day 1899b - 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   
 53 - EXO 1745-248    
 67 - XTE J1752-223   
 79 - GX 9+1          
 80 - SAXJ1802.7-2017 
 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          

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