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.
LATEST ALERTS
30
may
2025
Coordinates: |
01:18:59.0 -34:14:28.6 |
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| Time: | 04:05:32 |
| Exposure time: | 38576 s |
| Position Error: | 0.20" |
| Flux: | 8.1e-14 ± 3.6e-15 erg cm2 s-1 |
| EPIC detection maximum likelihood: | 5177.8 |
| Hardness ratio: | -0.62 |
| Long term variability: | 27.0 |
| Simbad: | Unknown (2MASS J01185899-3414280) |
| Spectral warning: | True |
| Alert type: | Low Flux State |
30
may
2025
Coordinates: |
01:19:08.7 -34:11:30.6 |
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| Time: | 04:05:32 |
| Exposure time: | 38576 s |
| Position Error: | 0.03" |
| Flux: | 5.6e-13 ± 5.7e-15 erg cm2 s-1 |
| EPIC detection maximum likelihood: | 112803.2 |
| Hardness ratio: | -0.98 |
| Long term variability: | 5.9 |
| Simbad: | Galaxy (2dFGRS TGS564Z081) |
| Spectral warning: | True |
| Alert type: | Past Variability |
17
may
2025
Coordinates: |
12:02:29.8 +44:20:01.9 |
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| Time: | 16:39:34 |
| Exposure time: | 78364 s |
| Position Error: | 1.24" |
| Flux: | 1.1e-14 ± 1.0e-14 erg cm2 s-1 |
| EPIC detection maximum likelihood: | 47.9 |
| Hardness ratio: | -0.86 |
| Long term variability: | 6.0 |
| Simbad: | Unknown (2XMM J120229.9+442002) |
| Spectral warning: | True |
| Alert type: | Past Variability |
20
apr
2025
Coordinates: |
08:03:44 -40:13:05 |
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| Time: | 15:17:21 |
| Exposure time: | 54207 s |
| Position Error: | 1.64" |
| Flux: | 1.2e-13 ± 3.2e-14 erg cm2 s-1 |
| EPIC detection maximum likelihood: | 19.2 |
| Hardness ratio: | 0.96 |
| Long term variability: | 7.0 |
| Simbad: | Not in Simbad |
| Spectral warning: | True |
| Alert type: | Past Variability |