Search for an Optical Counterpart of XTE J1908+094
ATel #86; R. M. Wagner (LBTO) and S. Starrfield (ASU)
on 13 Apr 2002; 07:30 UT
Credential Certification: R. Mark Wagner (rmw@as.arizona.edu)
Subjects: Radio, Infra-Red, Optical, X-ray, Black Hole, Cataclysmic Variable, Neutron Star, Star, Transient
We obtained R-band imagery of the X-ray error box of the black hole candidate XTE J1908+094 (IAUC # 7856 , # 7861 , and # 7873 ) on 2002 April 11.44 UT with the Hiltner 2.4-m telescope and 8K CCD camera at the MDM Observatory on Kitt Peak. At the location of the possible radio counterpart reported by Rupen, Dhawn, and Mioduszewski (IAUC # 7874 ), we do not find an optical counterpart brighter than R ~ 23. A R ~ 20 mag star (RA = 09:08:52.75, DEC = +09:23:03.9, J2000) lies 4.8 arcsec west and 1.0 arcsec south of the radio position. Further observations will be useful, particularly at infrared wavelengths.
