X-ray Reappearance of V4641 Sgr
ATel #295; Jean Swank(NASA/GSFC)
on 4 Jul 2004; 18:25 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Transients
Credential Certification: Jean Swank (swank@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov)
Subjects: X-ray, Request for Observations, Binary, Black Hole, Transient
Referred to by ATel #: 303
VSNET observers reported that V4741 SGR brightened optically
today. Coincidentally V4641 Sgr was observed in the RXTE PCA scans of
the Galactic Bulge on 2004 Jul 03, UT 11:54, for the first time since
2004 Jun 01, UT 17:35. The flux was 8.2 mCrab 2-10 keV, while it was
last bright (66 mCrab) on 2003 Aug 6 and was generally below 0.5 mCrab
during intervening observations. Additional RXTE observations are
planned.
