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.


26
oct 2025

Coordinates:

01:03:37.5 -72:01:33.1

Time: 19:37:17
Exposure time: 15746 s
Position Error: 0.34"
Flux: 2.4e-13 ± 1.4e-14 erg cm2 s-1
EPIC detection maximum likelihood: 1098.2
Hardness ratio: 0.78
Long term variability: 18.8
Simbad: CompactObject (MCSNR J0103-7201)
Spectral warning: True
Alert type: Past Variability
26
oct 2025

Coordinates:

01:05:55.3 -72:03:48.9

Time: 19:37:17
Exposure time: 15746 s
Position Error: 0.71"
Flux: 6.9e-13 ± 1.0e-13 erg cm2 s-1
EPIC detection maximum likelihood: 320.4
Hardness ratio: 0.88
Long term variability: 57.9
Simbad: Unknown (Gaia DR3 4687508001011164544)
Spectral warning: True
Alert type: Past Variability
26
oct 2025

Coordinates:

01:04:35.9 -72:00:02.5

Time: 19:37:17
Exposure time: 15746 s
Position Error: 2.04"
Flux: 4.2e-14 ± 1.6e-14 erg cm2 s-1
EPIC detection maximum likelihood: 17.8
Hardness ratio: -0.69
Long term variability: 6.5
Simbad: Unknown (2MASS J01043562-7159550)
Spectral warning: True
Alert type: Past Variability
26
oct 2025

Coordinates:

01:03:53.9 -72:09:07.2

Time: 19:37:17
Exposure time: 15746 s
Position Error: 1.14"
Flux: 8.6e-14 ± 2.4e-14 erg cm2 s-1
EPIC detection maximum likelihood: 76.2
Hardness ratio: 0.76
Long term variability: 6.6
Simbad: Unknown (XMMU J010353.8-720907)
Spectral warning: True
Alert type: Past Variability