Optical and NIR observations of XTE J1739-285

Bibcode
2006ATel..784....1T
Torres, M. A. P.; Steeghs, D.; Garcia, M. R.; McClintock, J. E.; Jonker, P. G.; Kaplan, D.; Casares, J.; Greimel, R.; Augusteijn, T.
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The Astronomer's Telegram, #784

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2006
Number of authors
9
IAC number of authors
0
Citations
5
Refereed citations
5
Description
We report optical and near-infrared (NIR) observations of the field containing the neutron star X-ray transient XTE J1739-285 (IAUC #7300, ATel #622). The recently reported Chandra localization (ATel #777) provides a significant improvement over the Swift XRT position reported in ATel #602, facilitating the identification of potential counterparts. Optical observations were performed on 2005 Aug 30 20:59-21:14 UT and 2005-09-16 20:39-20:55 at the 2.56-m Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) on La Palma using ALFOSC.
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Non-refereed
Neutron stars

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