4U 1608-52 is back to quiescence after its 2007-2009 outburst

Bibcode
2009ATel.2264....1L
Linares, M.; Altamirano, D.; Degenaar, N.; Wijnands, R.
Bibliographical reference

The Astronomer's Telegram, #2264

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10
2009
Number of authors
4
IAC number of authors
0
Citations
2
Refereed citations
2
Description
After an outburst that lasted more than 2.3 years (starting around June 12th., 2007; Palmer et al., ATel #1113), the neutron star transient and atoll source 4U 1608-52 has returned to quiescence. The source was last detected by Swift-BAT, RXTE-PCA and RXTE-ASM on September 14th. (~0.006 BAT c/s/cm2), September 19th. (~3.5 mCrab) and October 5th. (~1.4 ASM c/s), 2009, respectively. We obtained daily Swift-XRT observations since October 20th.
Type
Non-refereed
Neutron stars

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