Serendipitous alerts

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Welcome to the XMM-Newton serendipitously detected X-ray transient alerts page. You will find the latest transients to be detected by chance in the EPIC field of view, and for which the PI has given prior accord for this information to be made public. Please feel free to follow-up on any of these sources.


15
feb 2026

Coordinates:

11:23:52.4 -59:20:48.0

Time: 03:00:49
Exposure time: 102050 s
Position Error: 0.55"
Flux: 7.8e-15 ± 1.6e-15 erg cm2 s-1
EPIC detection maximum likelihood: 110.2
Hardness ratio: -0.98
Long term variability: 6.7
Simbad: Star (Gaia DR2 5339171599114963968)
Spectral warning: True
Alert type: Low Flux State
07
feb 2026

Coordinates:

05:23:46.3 -69:41:51.1

Time: 11:05:48
Exposure time: 45352 s
Position Error: 0.95"
Flux: 4.3e-14 ± 1.1e-14 erg cm2 s-1
EPIC detection maximum likelihood: 45.1
Hardness ratio: 0.91
Long term variability: 37.0
Simbad: Unknown (OGLE LMC-LPV-50288)
Spectral warning: True
Alert type: Past Variability
14
jan 2026

Coordinates:

12:29:22.8 +01:53:32.4

Time: 16:18:06
Exposure time: 66231 s
Position Error: 0.82"
Flux: 1.2e-13 ± 1.8e-14 erg cm2 s-1
EPIC detection maximum likelihood: 130.9
Hardness ratio: 0.98
Long term variability: 14.9
Simbad: Unknown (SDSS J122922.80+015330.7)
Spectral warning: True
Alert type: Past Variability
14
jan 2026

Coordinates:

12:28:28.5 +01:54:51.4

Time: 16:18:06
Exposure time: 66231 s
Position Error: 1.34"
Flux: 1.5e-14 ± 7.0e-15 erg cm2 s-1
EPIC detection maximum likelihood: 39.4
Hardness ratio: -0.88
Long term variability: 16.8
Simbad: Unknown (UCAC4 460-050408)
Spectral warning: True
Alert type: Past Variability