Swift and RXTE follow up observations of the transient currently active in the globular cluster Terzan 5

Authors :: Diego Altamirano
Degenaar, N.
Heinke, C. O.
Homan, J.
Pooley, D.
Sivakoff, G. R.
Wijnands, R.
High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI)
Source :: NASA Astrophysics Data System, The astronomer's telegram, 3720
Abstract: Following the detection of an X-ray outburst in the direction of Terzan 5 (ATEL #3714), we obtained a Swift observation and additional RXTE observations. The XRT aboard Swift observed Terzan 5 on Oct. 26, 2011 in imaging mode for a total exposure time of 967 s. The source was detected at high count rates causing significant pile-up (the core is saturated), and a bad column intersects the point-spread function.

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