Issue |
A&A
Volume 442, Number 3, November II 2005
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Page(s) | 925 - 928 | |
Section | Galactic structure, stellar clusters, and populations | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053681 | |
Published online | 14 October 2005 |
The recurrent ultra-luminous X-ray transient NGC 253 ULX1
Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbachstraße, 85741 Garching, Germany e-mail: mbauer@mpe.mpg.de
Received:
22
June
2005
Accepted:
28
June
2005
We present the results of ROSAT and XMM-Newton observations of the recurrent ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) NGC 253 ULX1.
This transient is one of the few ULXs that was detected during several outbursts.
The luminosity reached 1.4 1039 and 0.5
1039 in the detections by ROSAT and XMM-Newton, respectively, indicating a black hole X-ray binary (BHXRB) with a mass of the compact object of ≥11
.
In the ROSAT detection NGC 253 ULX1 showed significant variability, whereas the luminosity was constant in the detection from XMM-Newton.
The XMM-Newton EPIC spectra are well-fit by a bremsstrahlung model (
keV,
1020 cm-2), which can be used to describe a comptonized plasma.
No counterpart was detected in the optical I, R, B, NUV and FUV bands to limits of 22.9, 24.2, 24.3, 22 and 23 mag, respectively, pointing at a XRB with a low mass companion.
Key words: X-rays: stars
© ESO, 2005
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