Technical facts about this news release:
| About this Object |
| Object Name: |
XTE J1118+480 |
| Object Description:
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Black Hole X-ray Nova |
| Position (J2000):
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R.A. 11h 18m 10.90s
Dec. +48° 02' 13.0'' |
| Constellation:
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Ursa Major |
| Distance: |
6,000 light-years from Earth |
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| About the DSS Data |
| Instrument: |
Glass photographic plates taken at the Schmidt telescope
at the California Institute of Technology's Palomar Observatory; scanned
for the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Projects. |
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| About the X-Ray Data |
| Instrument: |
NASA's Rossi X-Ray Timing Experiment (RXTE) |
| Filters: |
X-Ray wavelengths (2 - 250 keV) |
| Exposure Date:
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March 29, 2000 |
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| About the VLBA Data |
| Instrument: |
NRAO's Very Large Baseline Array (VLBA) |
| Filters: |
8.4 and 15.4 GHz |
| Exposure Date:
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May and July, 2000 |
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| About this Release |
| Principal Astronomers:
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F. Mirabel (Inst. for Astronomy and Space Physics of Argentina
and French Atomic Energy Commission), V. Dhawan (NRAO), R. Mignani
(ESO), I. Rodrigues (Brazilian National Research Council at the
French Atomic Energy Commission), F. Guglielmetti (STScI)
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| Release Credit:
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NASA and F. Mirabel (Inst. for Astronomy and Space Physics of Argentina
and French Atomic Energy Commission) |
| Release Date: |
September 12, 2001 2:00 p.m. (EDT) |
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