Optical observations of the X-ray Transient XTE J1118+480

Zurita, C.; Rodríguez-Gil, P.; Casares, J.; Muñoz-Darias, T.; Torres, M. A. P.; Shahbaz, T.
Bibliographical reference

The Astronomer's Telegram, #402

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2005
Number of authors
6
IAC number of authors
0
Citations
5
Refereed citations
1
Description
Time resolved (40-sec resolution, ~6-hours per night), R-band photometry of the outbursting black hole candidate XTE J1118+480 (ATEL #383) was obtained with the European Space Agency, 1-m OGS telescope at the Spanish Observatorio del Teide (Tenerife) from 2005 Jan 21.01 to Jan 26.30. The average R-band magnitude displays a linear decay with a rate of ~0.06 mag/day. Mean magnitudes are: Jan 21.3, 13.54+-0.01; Jan 22.07, 13.61+-0.01; Jan 23.14, 13.65+-0.01; Jan 24.15, 13.70+-0.01; Jan 25.15, 13.77+-0.01; Jan 26.12, 13.84+-0.01.