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
09
mar
2026
Coordinates: |
17:40:53.2 -53:43:38.8 |
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| Time: | 01:49:02 |
| Exposure time: | 70060 s |
| Position Error: | 0.57" |
| Flux: | 9.6e-15 ± 1.2e-15 erg cm2 s-1 |
| EPIC detection maximum likelihood: | 305.7 |
| Hardness ratio: | -0.49 |
| Long term variability: | 5.4 |
| Simbad: | Star (Cl* NGC 6397 SAW V6) |
| Spectral warning: | True |
| Alert type: | Past Variability |
19
feb
2026
Coordinates: |
14:17:26.1 -46:43:38.0 |
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| Time: | 18:01:04 |
| Exposure time: | 22553 s |
| Position Error: | 0.57" |
| Flux: | 4.8e-14 ± 6.0e-15 erg cm2 s-1 |
| EPIC detection maximum likelihood: | 269.5 |
| Hardness ratio: | 0.55 |
| Long term variability: | 5.9 |
| Simbad: | Not in Simbad |
| Spectral warning: | False |
| Alert type: | Low Flux State |
15
feb
2026
Coordinates: |
11:23:52.4 -59:20:48.0 |
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| 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 |
11
feb
2026
Coordinates: |
03:29:54.2 -27:17:23.4 |
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| Time: | 08:48:16 |
| Exposure time: | 17415 s |
| Position Error: | 2.28" |
| Flux: | 2.0e-14 ± 2.3e-14 erg cm2 s-1 |
| EPIC detection maximum likelihood: | 17.7 |
| Hardness ratio: | 0.18 |
| Long term variability: | 6.0 |
| Simbad: | Unknown ([ECD2009] 52.47462-27.28886) |
| Spectral warning: | False |
| Alert type: | Past Variability |
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