Return to Home Page
In search of the optical counterpart The presently reported active X Ray emitting source SLX 1746-331 (ATEL#143, Markwardt) was observed with the unfiltered CCD camera at the Bronberg Observatory in South Africa on 12 April 2003 at UT 02 30. Inspection of a stacked image in comparison to a DDS2-red image, showed no new object inside an area of 1 arcmin around the reported position to a magnitude of 17.5CR. The actual limiting magnitude of this image is around 18.5CR, but the dense MW field does not allow to ascertain inspection fainter than 17.5CR. There are two objects in the inspected area that show obvious brightening as compared to the DSS image. Possibly they are bright IR sources. Inspection vs 2Mass data will be done later today. This message may be refered to and the image can be requested from lagmonar@csir.co.za Berto Monard Bronberg Observatory / CBA Pretoria -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. Mailscanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.
Return to the Powerful Daisaku
vsnet-adm@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
