XTE J1118+480 near Quiescence

Bibcode
2005ATel..428....1Z
Zurita, C.; Casares, J.; Muñoz-Darias, T.; Rodríguez-Gil, P.; Martínez-País, I. G.; Shahbaz, T.; Torres, M. A. P.; Zhao, P.; Steeghs, D.; Garcia, M. R.
Bibliographical reference

The Astronomer's Telegram, #428

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2
2005
Number of authors
10
IAC number of authors
0
Citations
2
Refereed citations
2
Description
Following our optical monitoring of the halo black-hole candidate XTE J1118+480 (ATELs #383, #402, #424), we have obtained time-resolved R-band photometry with the ESA 1-m OGS telescope at the Spanish Observatorio del Teide and with the FLWO 1.2m telescope on Mt. Hopkins. Our observations show that the source has settled into a near-quiescence level, about 0.6-mag brighter than in true quiescence (R~18.9; IAUC #7868).
Type
Non-refereed
Black holes

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