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.


19
apr 2026

Coordinates:

08:03:23.1 -39:51:58.3

Time: 23:29:42
Exposure time: 55423 s
Position Error: 1.16"
Flux: 1.8e-13 ± 3.3e-14 erg cm2 s-1
EPIC detection maximum likelihood: 70.2
Hardness ratio: 1.00
Long term variability: 5.8
Simbad: Unknown (OGLE GD-DSCT-1427)
Spectral warning: True
Alert type: Past Variability
18
apr 2026

Coordinates:

20:20:23.7 +38:45:20.6

Time: 21:44:50
Exposure time: 27557 s
Position Error: 0.54"
Flux: 8.0e-14 ± 1.1e-14 erg cm2 s-1
EPIC detection maximum likelihood: 472.4
Hardness ratio: 0.52
Long term variability: 10.6
Simbad: Star (2MASS J20202371+3845204)
Spectral warning: False
Alert type: High Flux State
18
apr 2026

Coordinates:

20:19:37.0 +38:56:13.5

Time: 21:44:50
Exposure time: 27557 s
Position Error: 2.59"
Flux: 7.3e-14 ± 3.9e-14 erg cm2 s-1
EPIC detection maximum likelihood: 16.7
Hardness ratio: 0.72
Long term variability: 6.3
Simbad: Not in Simbad
Spectral warning: True
Alert type: Past Variability
14
apr 2026

Coordinates:

09:39:22.9 +37:09:43.0

Time: 00:00:18
Exposure time: 28657 s
Position Error: 0.11"
Flux: 4.7e-13 ± 1.1e-14 erg cm2 s-1
EPIC detection maximum likelihood: 24703.5
Hardness ratio: -0.32
Long term variability: 15.0
Simbad: Galaxy (2MASS J09392289+3709438)
Spectral warning: True
Alert type: Low Flux State