November 2007 Chandra Observations of X-Ray Transients in M31

Galache, J. L.; Garcia, M. R.; Torres, M. A. P.; Murray, S. S.; Steeghs, D.; Williams, B. F.
Bibliographical reference

The Astronomer's Telegram, #1328

Advertised on:
12
2007
Number of authors
6
IAC number of authors
0
Citations
3
Refereed citations
2
Description
As part of our ongoing Chandra/HST M31 transient program we report on two active sources recently detected in two Chandra ACIS observations. Source 1 We present two 5ks ACIS-I observations of the ongoing outburst of the M31 transient source CXOM31 J004217.0+411508 (r3-46). Using an absorbed powerlaw model with photon index = 1.7 and nH = 6.6e20 atoms/cm2 at a distance of 780 kpc (as reported by Henze et al.