Precise X-ray position of A1744-36 (=XTE J1748-361?)
ATel #205; J. McClintock (CfA), S. Murray (CfA), M. Garcia (CfA) and P. Jonker (IoA)
on 8 Nov 2003; 13:35 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Transients
Credential Certification: Jeffrey McClintock (jem@cfa.harvard.edu)
Subjects: X-ray, Transient
The Ariel-5 X-ray transient A1744-36 and the newly-discovered
transient XTE J1748-361 may be identical (ATEL #204). Based on a 16
ks Chandra ACIS-S observation of A1744-36 made on 2003 May 28, the
position of this source is RA(J2000) = 17:48:19.22, Dec(J2000) =
-36:07:16.6 (uncertainty < 1").
