Swift XRT/UVOT follow-up of the Black Hole Candidate MAXI J1659-152 during a low luminosity state

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2011ATel.3201....1Y
Yang, Y. J.; Wijnands, R.; Degenaar, N.; Russell, D. M.; Altamirano, D.; Kalamkar, M.
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The Astronomer's Telegram, #3201

Fecha de publicación:
3
2011
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6
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0
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4
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We report on a Swift follow-up observation of the X-ray transient MAXI J1659-152 (ATel #2873, ATel #2877, GCN #11296). This source is suggested to be a stellar-mass black hole candidate (Kalamkar et al. 2011, arXiv:1012.4330). The source also has a very short orbital period ~2.4 hours (Kuulkers et al. 2011, arXiv:1102.2102). The optical counterpart of MAXI J1659-152 has been identified (GCN #11298, ATel #2884), and the quiescent optical magnitude has been found to be 22.4 in r-band (ATel #2976).
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