MAXI J1305-704: Optical Spectroscopy with SALT

Bibcode
2012ATel.4105....1C
Charles, Phil; Cornelisse, R.; Foster, Deatrick; Casares, J.; Kotze, Marissa; Zdzarski, Andrzej
Bibliographical reference

The Astronomer's Telegram, #4105

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5
2012
Number of authors
6
IAC number of authors
2
Citations
3
Refereed citations
3
Description
We report on optical spectroscopy of the black hole candidate MAXI J1305-704 (ATel #4024; #4030) using SALT and the Robert Stobie Spectrograph. On 2012 April 15 (20:40-23:00 UTC) and 16 (22:30-01:40 UTC) we obtained 2 hrs of continuous spectroscopy using a slit width of 0.6 arcsec, resulting in a wavelength coverage of 4050-5100 Angstrom and a resolving power of approximately 6000. According to the online MAXI monitoring of the source, it was in the high soft state.
Type
Non-refereed

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