[vsnet-alert 737] possible ALEXIS transient

[Diane Roussel-Dupre <droussel-dupre@lanl.gov>]

ALEXIS has detected a potential transient in Telescope 2A (130 Angstroms,
93eV) at:

         RA= (13 54 24)
         DEC=(44 48.36)
         (Epoch 2000)

         Error circle radius = 0.6 degrees (~90% confidence)

 There was no evidence of the object in the co-aligned telescope 2B (186
Angstroms, 66eV).

The source turn on appeared to start about 5 UT 19 Feb, peaked at 8
UT 19 Feb and was decaying at last contact with the satellite (20 UT). The
outburst is flare-like with a fast rise and slower decay.

A Simbad search only locates 9 objects within 40 arcminutes of the source
location.

Follow up observations are encouraged

                                                Diane Roussel-Dupre

for more information, see the ALEXIS web page

http://nis-www.lanl.gov/~asocops/




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