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MAXI/GSC detection of a new outburst from Aql X-1

ATel #7088; S. Ueno (JAXA), M. Sugizaki (RIKEN), H. Negoro (Nihon U.), T. Mihara (RIKEN), H. Tomida, S. Nakahira, M. Kimura, M. Ishikawa, Y. E. Nakagawa (JAXA), M. Morii, M. Serino, J. Sugimoto, T. Takagi, A. Yoshikawa, M. Matsuoka (RIKEN), N. Kawai, T. Yoshii, Y. Tachibana (Tokyo Tech), A. Yoshida, T. Sakamoto, Y. Kawakubo, H. Ohtsuki (AGU), H. Tsunemi, D. Uchida (Osaka U.), M. Nakajima, K. Fukushima, T. Onodera, K. Suzuki, T. Namba, M. Fujita, F. Honda (Nihon U.), Y. Ueda, M. Shidatsu, T. Kawamuro, T. Hori (Kyoto U.), Y. Tsuboi, A. Kawagoe (Chuo U.), M. Yamauchi, Y. Morooka, D. Itoh (Miyazaki U.), K. Yamaoka (Nagoya U.), report on behalf of the MAXI team
on 17 Feb 2015; 09:27 UT
Credential Certification: Shiro Ueno (ueno.shiro@jaxa.jp)

Subjects: X-ray, Neutron Star, Transient

Referred to by ATel #: 7095, 7134, 9287

The MAXI/GSC nova alert system triggered an X-ray increase from the transient neutron star low-mass X-ray binary Aql X-1 at 20:38 UT on 2015 February 16. The flux is about 60 mCrab in the 4-10 keV band. The Swift/BAT light curve also shows a flux increase. The last outburst of Aql X-1 started in 2014 June (ATel #6280, #6286, #6447). The MAXI/GSC light curve is updated in every 4 hours at http://maxi.riken.jp/top/index.php?cid=1&jname=J1911+005 . Multiwavelength observations of Aql X-1 are encouraged.