Swift Imaging Observation of XTE J1726-476/IGR J17269-4737
ATel #625; Albert K. H. Kong (MIT)
on 12 Oct 2005; 16:48 UT
Credential Certification: Albert Kong (akong@cfa.harvard.edu)
Subjects: X-ray, Transient
Referred to by ATel #: 628, 632
We report a Swift observation of a new X-ray transient discovered by
RXTE (ATel #623) and INTEGRAL (ATel #624). The X-ray Telescope (XRT)
observation was obtained in
Photon Counting (imaging) mode on 2005 October 12 00:52:58 UT and the
on-source exposure time is about 1000s. The source
is clearly detected with significant pile-up. The bright point source
is located at R.A.=17:26:50.2, Dec.=-47:38:26 and is about 1.2 arcmin
from the INTEGRAL position (ATel #624). We estimated an uncertainty of 6
arcsec. The new transient is the only X-ray source in the field of view
of the XRT.
Optical and infrared observations are encouraged to locate the
optical/IR counterpart.
