RXTE Galactic Center Observation
Observation Date: | 2001-03-03 |
Mission Day: | 2618j |
Modified Julian Day: | 51971.386 |
Mission times: | 226228529.00- 226244193.00 |
Scan type: | regular |
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Map Page: | Reconstructed Model | Residuals |
Scan Light Curves: | Parts 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Craig Markwardt writes: Here is a summary of the galactic bulge observations over the past two months. * SAX J1750.0-2900 had a very short outburst near Mar 3, 2001, reaching a peak of 210 mCrab, but declining to < 10 mCrab within two weeks. However the source has brightened again, to 30 mCrab. This behavior is reminiscent of SAX J1747. * A new faint source, XTE J1759-220 has become more prominent. The best coordinates are (RA=269.854, DEC=-22.00). The source really became obvious in Feb 2001 at about 8 mCrab, but I think we were actually seeing it at a lower level since the start of the monitoring observations. I will need to reprocess to find out. An interesting fact is that this source is near the putative SGR 1800-23. The error box for this SGR is very long and thin. * As covered in David Smith's recent article, GRS 1758-258 has "turned off." The X-ray intensity had a precipitous drop around Feb 20 to ~5 mCrab from a more typical 20 mCrab, and appears to be subsequently declining further yet. * KS 1731-260 has turned off! The source had a remarkable segment of constant intensity in fall 2000 (normally fluctuates between 10-200 mCrab). December 2000 and January 2001 the source was behind the sun, but when we observed it February 2001 the source was not detectable (< 0.7 mCrab). * 4U 1820-30 has been at peak brightness over the past 2-3 weeks, around 600 mCrab. This is about 20% brighter than ever seen in the past 2.5 years. * After a trending incrase over the past 2.5 years, GX 3+1 appears to have flattened out around 400 mCrab within the past 6 months. * The Rapid Burster had another outburst, from which was saw several X-ray bursts. * We saw a very short outburst of XTE J1739-302, up to about 17 mCrab. In the next observation the source was <= 2 mCrab. According to David Smith this kind of behavior has happened before. Craig
Source | Time (MJD) | RA (2000) | DEC (2000) | Rate (ct/s/5PCU) | Error (ct/s/5PCU) | Bkg (ct/s/5PCU) |
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1E1740.7-2942 | 51971.417 | 265.9604 | -29.75 | 185.41 | 33.94 | 352.87 |
1E1743.1-2843 | 51971.421 | 266.5792 | -28.72 | 171.42 | 89.05 | 388.79 |
2E1746.7-3225 | 51971.419 | 267.5144 | -32.43 | 29.44 | 9.48 | 17.82 |
2S1742-294 | 51971.419 | 266.5230 | -29.52 | 437.05 | 40.92 | 429.81 |
2S1803-245 | 51971.542 | 271.7090 | -24.59 | 4.23 | 10.25 | 12.74 |
4U_1728-34 | 51971.402 | 262.9920 | -33.83 | 961.30 | 25.67 | 78.90 |
4U_1820-30 | 51971.546 | 275.9280 | -30.37 | 2483.29 | 84.33 | 3.05 |
4U_1820-30 | 51971.549 | 275.9280 | -30.37 | 2651.12 | 39.12 | 3.05 |
4U_1820-30 | 51971.553 | 275.9280 | -30.37 | 2583.22 | 83.95 | 3.05 |
A1744-361 | 51971.414 | 267.0800 | -36.12 | 5.02 | 2.54 | 15.75 |
AX_J1749.1-2639 | 51971.497 | 267.3000 | -26.65 | -5.02 | 55.02 | 3194.96 |
EXO_1722-363 | 51971.393 | 261.4810 | -36.41 | 5.44 | 9.07 | 23.10 |
EXO_1742-326 | 51971.416 | 266.3690 | -32.69 | 13.68 | 8.90 | 26.50 |
EXO_1745-248 | 51971.524 | 267.0208 | -24.78 | 8.04 | 4.69 | 16.42 |
GCRT_J1745-3009 | 51971.418 | 266.2708 | -30.16 | 21.51 | 18.85 | 395.04 |
GCRT_J1746-2757 | 51971.430 | 266.5417 | -27.95 | 65.62 | 17.24 | 52.95 |
GRS_1734-292 | 51971.411 | 264.3533 | -29.18 | 49.53 | 6.90 | 21.74 |
GRS_1747-312 | 51971.452 | 267.6900 | -31.29 | -0.49 | 14.63 | 22.15 |
GRS_1758-258 | 51971.535 | 270.3025 | -25.74 | 9.35 | 23.59 | 4581.99 |
GS_1826-238 | 51971.562 | 277.3623 | -23.79 | 457.13 | 1.54 | 3.38 |
GX_1+4 | 51971.407 | 263.0090 | -24.75 | 24.31 | 9.78 | 5.15 |
GX_1+4 | 51971.413 | 263.0090 | -24.75 | 41.47 | 12.93 | 5.15 |
GX_3+1 | 51971.422 | 266.9830 | -26.56 | 4587.68 | 59.12 | 20.25 |
GX_3+1 | 51971.523 | 266.9830 | -26.56 | 4489.90 | 106.94 | 20.25 |
GX_5-1 | 51971.532 | 270.2840 | -25.08 | 15886.96 | 248.18 | -5.70 |
GX_5-1 | 51971.536 | 270.2840 | -25.08 | 16165.27 | 100.41 | -5.70 |
GX_5-1 | 51971.539 | 270.2840 | -25.08 | 16244.44 | 178.13 | -5.70 |
H1743-322 | 51971.417 | 266.5700 | -32.24 | 20.65 | 6.60 | 27.10 |
IGR_J17191-2821 | 51971.394 | 259.7700 | -28.35 | 4.58 | 3.51 | 4.62 |
IGR_J17331-2406 | 51971.413 | 263.2833 | -24.11 | -0.97 | 3.58 | 16.23 |
IGR_J17375-3022 | 51971.410 | 264.3946 | -30.38 | 3.61 | 9.23 | 37.44 |
IGR_J17497-2821 | 51971.472 | 267.4041 | -28.36 | 50.90 | 34.34 | 581.34 |
IGR_J17511-3057 | 51971.457 | 267.7875 | -30.96 | 4.97 | 22.11 | 21.62 |
IGR_J17586-2129 | 51971.537 | 269.6440 | -21.39 | 11.62 | 7.29 | 50.98 |
K1724-356 | 51971.396 | 261.9133 | -35.73 | -1.98 | 4.02 | 27.01 |
KS_1731-260 | 51971.412 | 263.5539 | -26.09 | 7.49 | 5.68 | 8.93 |
KS_1732-273 | 51971.412 | 263.9958 | -27.44 | 1.37 | 7.65 | 40.52 |
KS_1741-293 | 51971.419 | 266.2042 | -29.35 | 190.93 | 80.27 | 499.67 |
MXB_1730-33 | 51971.403 | 263.3498 | -33.39 | 103.52 | 22.53 | 437.43 |
NGC_6440 | 51971.531 | 267.2195 | -20.36 | -26.45 | 34.87 | 6.44 |
OPH_CLU | 51971.393 | 258.1580 | -23.39 | 281.52 | 3.23 | 2.99 |
RXS_J172006.1 | 51971.391 | 260.0254 | -31.28 | 51.00 | 7.07 | 6.21 |
RXS_J172525.5 | 51971.396 | 261.3563 | -32.95 | 28.33 | 4.04 | 15.35 |
RXS_J173251.1 | 51971.402 | 263.2129 | -34.79 | 8.47 | 6.25 | 54.68 |
RXS_J175428.3 | 51971.527 | 268.6179 | -26.34 | 9.62 | 11.26 | 33.56 |
RXS_J180326.2 | 51971.537 | 270.8417 | -25.27 | -61.41 | 32.83 | 6753.89 |
RXS_J180824.5 | 51971.544 | 272.1021 | -23.15 | 7.55 | 3.64 | 13.59 |
R_1832-330 | 51971.555 | 278.9317 | -32.99 | 71.16 | 7.14 | 2.98 |
SAXJ1747.0-2853 | 51971.433 | 266.7879 | -28.88 | 338.61 | 81.49 | 660.55 |
SAXJ1750.8-2900 | 51971.472 | 267.6000 | -29.03 | 2055.59 | 35.61 | 102.26 |
SAXJ1753.5-2349 | 51971.530 | 268.3917 | -23.82 | 2.18 | 4.96 | 16.93 |
SAXJ1806.5-2215 | 51971.544 | 271.6417 | -22.25 | 1.79 | 1.36 | 20.60 |
SAXJ1808.4-3658 | 51971.527 | 272.1208 | -36.98 | -2.20 | 1.00 | 3.02 |
SAXJ1808.4-365P | 51971.527 | 271.1200 | -35.50 | 0.38 | 4.27 | 3.27 |
SAXJ1810.8-2609 | 51971.544 | 272.6850 | -26.15 | 0.08 | 4.79 | 8.47 |
SGR_1806-20 | 51971.551 | 272.1642 | -20.41 | 7.71 | 10.51 | 28.24 |
SGR_A | 51971.419 | 266.4000 | -29.00 | -144.90 | 116.80 | 695.17 |
SLX_1735-269 | 51971.414 | 264.5647 | -27.00 | 96.19 | 6.66 | 15.22 |
SLX_1737-282 | 51971.415 | 265.2360 | -28.31 | 36.85 | 17.87 | 39.32 |
SLX_1744-300 | 51971.420 | 266.8580 | -30.04 | 319.49 | 22.89 | 224.35 |
SLX_1746-331 | 51971.418 | 267.4608 | -33.20 | 9.23 | 5.05 | 16.56 |
SW_J1729.9-3437 | 51971.399 | 262.5375 | -34.61 | 3.33 | 8.10 | 128.81 |
SW_J1756.9-2508 | 51971.531 | 269.2380 | -25.11 | -5.88 | 7.91 | 799.69 |
TERZAN_2 | 51971.401 | 261.8880 | -30.80 | 219.93 | 8.23 | 13.88 |
WGAJ1715.3-2635 | 51971.393 | 258.8370 | -26.60 | 5.23 | 3.10 | 3.25 |
XTE_J1710-281 | 51971.386 | 257.5500 | -28.12 | 17.74 | 5.33 | 3.21 |
XTE_J1710-281P | 51971.387 | 258.5500 | -28.91 | -4.11 | 3.17 | 3.88 |
XTE_J1719-291 | 51971.394 | 259.8890 | -29.06 | 0.07 | 3.50 | 6.46 |
XTE_J1719-356 | 51971.389 | 259.9700 | -35.68 | 2.30 | 3.54 | 16.56 |
XTE_J1720-318 | 51971.391 | 259.9961 | -31.75 | -5.20 | 6.25 | 34.80 |
XTE_J1723-376 | 51971.389 | 260.9000 | -37.65 | -1.57 | 2.75 | 15.87 |
XTE_J1726-283 | 51971.401 | 261.6570 | -28.30 | 6.09 | 3.66 | 8.08 |
XTE_J1728-295 | 51971.402 | 262.1570 | -29.52 | 1.69 | 4.23 | 12.20 |
XTE_J1734-234 | 51971.414 | 263.5280 | -23.36 | 1.44 | 1.14 | 4.47 |
XTE_J1737-376 | 51971.403 | 264.4950 | -37.77 | -2.10 | 1.18 | 7.51 |
XTE_J1739-285 | 51971.415 | 264.9790 | -28.48 | 25.04 | 17.68 | 51.10 |
XTE_J1739-302 | 51971.412 | 264.7500 | -30.27 | 16.03 | 9.52 | 33.94 |
XTE_J1743-363 | 51971.410 | 265.7415 | -36.33 | 4.71 | 1.22 | 7.97 |
XTE_J1744-230 | 51971.470 | 266.0350 | -23.12 | 17.13 | 9.23 | 8.99 |
XTE_J1747-274 | 51971.455 | 266.9095 | -27.44 | -12.99 | 20.52 | 461.53 |
XTE_J1748-288 | 51971.451 | 267.0210 | -28.47 | -95.15 | 61.53 | 714.67 |
XTE_J1751-305 | 51971.462 | 267.8062 | -30.62 | 5.92 | 15.38 | 28.07 |
XTE_J1752-223 | 51971.530 | 268.0440 | -22.32 | 0.14 | 3.58 | 12.37 |
XTE_J1752-280 | 51971.523 | 268.2000 | -28.00 | 18.22 | 8.72 | 34.53 |
XTE_J1755-312 | 51971.493 | 268.7820 | -31.16 | 9.44 | 6.57 | 17.13 |
XTE_J1756-342 | 51971.472 | 269.0228 | -34.21 | 7.77 | 3.09 | 5.61 |
XTE_J1757-306 | 51971.525 | 269.4130 | -30.66 | 20.34 | 6.10 | 13.25 |
XTE_J1759-220 | 51971.537 | 269.9404 | -22.03 | 55.92 | 4.90 | 22.61 |
XTE_J1805-295 | 51971.534 | 271.4045 | -29.52 | 6.52 | 10.21 | 10.38 |
XTE_J1807-294 | 51971.536 | 271.7441 | -29.40 | 4.45 | 9.84 | 11.13 |
XTE_J1810-189 | 51971.551 | 272.5863 | -19.07 | -23.16 | 52.47 | 38.47 |
XTE_J1810-197 | 51971.551 | 272.4630 | -19.73 | -2.33 | 11.14 | 31.98 |
XTE_J1812-230 | 51971.551 | 273.2000 | -23.00 | 4.94 | 5.03 | 10.62 |
XTE_J1814-338 | 51971.535 | 273.4126 | -33.77 | 5.26 | 5.83 | 3.10 |
XTE_J1817-330 | 51971.541 | 274.4250 | -33.02 | 4.28 | 3.76 | 3.06 |
XTE_J1818-245 | 51971.552 | 274.6050 | -24.54 | 1.32 | 5.50 | 7.41 |
XTE_J1819-254 | 51971.551 | 274.8300 | -25.41 | 22.17 | 5.46 | 4.84 |
XTE_J1819-254P | 51971.547 | 273.8300 | -26.41 | 7.21 | 6.40 | 5.54 |
Legend -------------------------- 1 - XTE J1710-281 3 - OPH CLU 5 - WGAJ1715.3-2635 6 - IGR J17191-2821 8 - XTE J1719-356 10 - RXS J172006.1 12 - EXO 1722-363 13 - RXS J172525.5 14 - XTE J1726-283 15 - TERZAN 2 16 - XTE J1728-295 17 - SW J1729.9-3437 18 - 4U 1728-34 19 - GX 1+4 20 - RXS J173251.1 22 - MXB 1730-33 | |
Legend -------------------------- 19 - GX 1+4 24 - XTE J1734-234 25 - KS 1731-260 26 - KS 1732-273 27 - GRS 1734-292 28 - IGR J17375-3022 30 - SLX 1735-269 31 - XTE J1739-302 32 - XTE J1739-285 33 - SLX 1737-282 35 - XTE J1743-363 36 - 1E1740.7-2942 37 - XTE J1744-230 38 - KS 1741-293 39 - GCRT J1745-3009 40 - EXO 1742-326 42 - 2S1742-294 43 - GCRT J1746-2757 44 - 1E1743.1-2843 45 - H1743-322 46 - SAXJ1747.0-2853 48 - SLX 1744-300 51 - GX 3+1 55 - A1744-361 58 - IGR J17497-2821 59 - SLX 1746-331 60 - 2E1746.7-3225 62 - SAXJ1750.8-2900 65 - XTE J1751-305 66 - IGR J17511-3057 71 - XTE J1755-312 72 - XTE J1756-342 191 - GX 1+4 | |
Legend -------------------------- 37 - XTE J1744-230 46 - SAXJ1747.0-2853 53 - EXO 1745-248 58 - IGR J17497-2821 62 - SAXJ1750.8-2900 65 - XTE J1751-305 66 - IGR J17511-3057 68 - XTE J1752-280 69 - SAXJ1753.5-2349 70 - RXS J175428.3 71 - XTE J1755-312 72 - XTE J1756-342 74 - XTE J1757-306 75 - IGR J17586-2129 76 - XTE J1759-220 77 - GX 5-1 78 - GRS 1758-258 83 - XTE J1805-295 84 - XTE J1807-294 96 - XTE J1814-338 98 - XTE J1817-330 192 - GX 3+1 193 - GX 5-1 194 - GX 5-1 | |
Legend -------------------------- 85 - SAXJ1806.5-2215 86 - 2S1803-245 87 - RXS J180824.5 90 - SGR 1806-20 95 - XTE J1812-230 98 - XTE J1817-330 100 - XTE J1818-245 101 - XTE J1819-254 102 - XTE J1819-254P 103 - 4U 1820-30 104 - GS 1826-238 105 - R 1832-330 150 - G11.2-0.3 195 - 4U 1820-30 196 - 4U 1820-30 |
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