Swift/XRT localization of XRT J1701-462
ATel #702; J. A. Kennea (PSU), F. Marshall(GSFC), D. Steeghs (CFA), C. Markwardt (GSFC/UMD), D. N. Burrows (PSU), M. Torres (CfA), J. Miller (U. Michigan), S. Hunsberger (PSU), J. Nousek (PSU) and N. Gehrels (GSFC)
on 20 Jan 2006; 19:35 UT
Distributed as an Instant Email Notice Transients
Credential Certification: Jamie A. Kennea (kennea@astro.psu.edu)
Subjects: X-ray, Transient
At 19:16 UT on January 20th, 2005, Swift began a target of opportunity observation of the RXTE discovered transient XTE J1701-462 (ATEL#696, #700). The Swift/XRT on-board centroiding algorithm located a bright, previously uncatalogued point source at the following coordinates:
RA(J2000): 17:00:57.2
Dec(J2000): -46:11:16.8
with a error radius of 5.8 arcseconds (90% containment). This position lies 71 arcseconds from the refined XTE position reported by Markwardt et al. (2006, ATEL #700). The measured flux was 1.4 x 10^-8 erg/s/cm^2 (0.2-10 keV), uncorrected for absorption and assuming a Crab-like spectrum.
Further observations of this target by Swift are planned.
