Aquila X-1 Active Again
ATel #124; J. Swank(GSFC), E. Smith (GSFC), J. Miller (CfA), & R. Remillard (MIT)
on 27 Feb 2003; 20:40 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Transients
Credential Certification: Jean Swank (swank@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov)
Subjects: X-ray, Request for Observations, Binary, Neutron Star, Transient
Referred to by ATel #: 125
The RXTE All Sky Monitor (ASM) detected a
reactivation of the recurrent transient and bursting neutron star
Aquila X-1 about 24 Feb 2003 at a level of about 43 mCrab (1.5-12
keV). The count has risen to a level of about 110 mCrab on 27 Feb
2003. A pointed observation with the Proportional Counter Array (PCA)
at 18 UT 25 Feb 2003 found 70 mCrab with a spectrum approximately fit by a
power law with photon index 2.
