Further observations of the X-ray flare from Tempel 1
ATel #565; Paul O'Brien, Dick Willingale, Stan Cowley (University of Leicester), John Nousek (Penn State University) on behalf of the Swift XRT team
on 12 Jul 2005; 13:55 UT
Credential Certification: Paul O'Brien (pto@star.le.ac.uk)
Observations of comet Tempel 1 with the Swift satellite show that the
X-ray emission has now peaked following the observed rise on July 7-8 (ATEL #559).
The peak in X-ray emission occurred on
July 9, reaching more than an order of magnitude above the quiescent value. The X-ray
emission observed on July 12 appears to have returned to its pre-flare value. Hence this
X-ray flare
lasted about 4 days.
Further observations are on-going.