MOST Observations of GX 339-4
ATel #1960; Dick Hunstead (Sydney), Duncan Campbell-Wilson (Sydney), Tom Maccarone (Southampton), Piergiorgio Casella (Amsterdam), Diana Hannikainen (Metsahovi Observatory)
on 11 Mar 2009; 07:17 UT
Credential Certification: Tom Maccarone (tjm@phys.soton.ac.uk)
Subjects: Radio, Request for Observations, Binary, Black Hole, Transient
We observed GX 339-4 with the Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope
(MOST) on March 6. A detection was made, at a flux of 3.5 +- 1 mJy.
The Swift BAT measurement, taken from the BAT team's web page
(http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/swift/results/transients/weak/GX339-4.lc.txt)
indicates a soft gamma-ray count rate of 0.015 cts/sec/cm^2. This
combination of radio and gamma-ray flux is consistent with the
correlations found in previous measurements of GX 339-4
(e.g. Hannikainen et al. 1998, A&A, 337, 460; Corbel et al. 2000, A&A,
359, 251). Additional MOST observations are likely to take place this
upcoming weekend. We encourage further observations at all
wavelengths.
