MAXI Nova Alert System and the Latest Scientific Results

Authors :: H. Negoro
S. Miyoshi
H. Ozawa
R. Ishiwata
N. Nakajima
M. Matsuoka
K. Kawasaki
S. Ueno
H. Tomida
M. Suzuki
M. Ishikawa
T. Mihara
M. Kohama
M. Sugizaki
Y. Nakagawa
H. Tsunemi
N. Kawai
M. Morii
A. Yoshida
K. Yamaoka
Y. Ueda
N. Isobe
S. Eguchi
A. Comastri
L. Angelini
M. Cappi
Source :: AIP Conference Proceedings.
Publication Year :: 2010
Publisher :: AIP, 2010.
Abstract: MAXI, Monitor of All‐sky X‐ray Image, is the first astronomical telescope onboard the ISS. One of the main goals of our mission is to discover new transient objects by scanning more than 95% of the sky every ∼92 min with two types of X‐ray cameras, Gas Slit Camera (GSC) and Solid‐state Slit Camera (SSC) [1].We have developed a completely new data analysis system, a nova alert system, to find transient objects and send alerts to the world as soon as possible. Here we describe the current status of the system, and transient objects discovered with the system.