Swift/XRT confirms brightening of the X-ray transient 2E 1050.8-6200
ATel #15630; Amar Deo Chandra (IISER Kolkata)
on 25 Sep 2022; 06:05 UT
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Credential Certification: Amar Deo Chandra (amar.deo.chandra@gmail.com)
Subjects: X-ray, Request for Observations, Transient
Following the report of possible serendipitous detection of the X-ray transient 2E 1050.8-6200 using INTEGRAL/JEM-X Galactic Plane observations (ATel# 15624), 1.9 ks Swift/XRT target of opportunity observation was performed in Photon Counting (PC) mode on 2022 September 24 (MJD 59846) beginning at 20:20:34. We detect an X-ray source at the following location: RA/Dec(J2000) = 163.1783, -62.2660 which is equivalent to:
RA(J2000) = 10h 52m 42.80s,
Dec(J2000) = -62d 15m 57.7s,
with an error radius of 3.8 arc-seconds (90% confidence). The location of this source is consistent with the reported location of 2E 1050.8-6200 (ATel# 15624). The estimated averaged count rate during this observation is about 0.2 cts/s. Swift/XRT observations confirm renewed X-ray activity from the transient 2E 1050.8-6200.
Follow-up multi-wavelength observations are encouraged.
We thank the Swift Team and Observatory Duty Scientists who made these observations possible.
