IGR J18048-1455

IGR J18048-1455

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Type	Mass	Radio Counterpart			Infrared/Optical Counterpart
		R.A. (J2000)	Dec. (J2000)	References	R.A. (J2000)	Dec. (J2000)	References
CV/IP					18h 04m 38.92s (±0.1")	-14^o 56' 47.4" (±0.1")	Masetti et al. 2008
Published Papers		Krivonos et al. 2007, A&A, 475, 775 Masetti et al. 2008 A&A, 482, 113 Karasev et al. 2012 Astr. Lett., 38, 629

Miscellaneous :

Burenin et al. 2006 ATel 880:

Optical object near this position has H_α in emission.
Ew of line= 14 Angstrom at 0 redshift
Galactic HMXB (SEE HOWEVER MASETTI ET AL. 2008)

Masetti et al. 2008:

Optical spectroscopy is presented and detailed
Balmer and Helium emission lines at z=0
LMXB, source cannot be a HMXB
d~7 kpc
R=18.7

Karasev et al. 2012 (Astr. Lett.):

XMM-Newton observation
3 emission lines around 6-7 keV in the X-ray spectrum + single temperature plasma of kT~10 keV, and N_H=8.1x10²² cm-2
Period of ~1440s interpreted as orbital period
CV/IP at a distance ~1-3 k
CV at a distance ~1-3 kpc pc

Last updated 19 Sept. 2012

Jerome Rodriguez