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IAUC 6413: EXO 2030+375; X-RAY DETECTIONS OF COMETS
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Circular No. 6413
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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EXO 2030+375
M. T. Stollberg, University of Alabama in Huntsville; R. B.
Wilson, Marshall Space Flight Center; M. H. Finger, Universities
Space Research Association; and T. A. Prince, California Institute
of Technology, report for the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory BATSE
team: "Pulsations from the Be/x-ray transient pulsar EXO 2030+375
have been observed during Apr. 1-7 and May 17-22. Outbursts began
4-5 days before the periastron passages predicted by the orbital
model of Stollberg et al. (1993, AIP Conference Proc. 308, 255).
All prior outbursts observed by BATSE occurred after periastron.
The measured pulse period for the first outburst, after correcting
for orbital motion, was 41.6773 +/- 0.0015 s on 1996 Apr. 2.5 UT.
The rms pulsed flux (20-50 keV) peaked on that day at 16 +/- 3
mCrab. The second outburst had an orbit-corrected pulse period of
41.67781 +/- 0.00083 s on 1996 May 19.5. The rms pulsed flux (20-
50 keV) peaked at 15 +/- 3 mCrab on May 21.5. Thirteen consecutive
outbursts were observed previously by BATSE from 1992 Feb. 8 to
1993 Aug. 28. During that time, the pulse period of EXO 2030+375
decreased from 41.6839 +/- 0.0011 s on 1992 Feb. 10.5 to 41.6708
+/- 0.0015 s on 1993 Aug. 23.5 for a mean period rate of -8.5 ms/yr.
Over the 21 orbital periods during which the source was not
detected, the mean period rate was +2.3 ms/yr. The next periastron
passage is predicted to occur on 1996 July 7."
X-RAY DETECTIONS OF COMETS
K. Dennerl, J. Englhauser, and J. Trumper, Max-Planck-Institut
fur Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, communicate: "X-ray
emission from several comets has been detected in data obtained
with the Position Sensitive Proportional Counter (PSPC) of ROSAT
during the all-sky survey, in addition to the discovery of x-rays
from comet C/1990 N1 (IAUC 6404). We list here all of the
significant comet detections obtained so far, with the
corresponding all-sky survey observing intervals: C/1990 K1 (Levy),
1990 Sept. 6.50-7.10 UT, 1991 Jan. 10.82-11.96, 1991 Jan. 17.49-
17.96; C/1990 N1 (Tsuchiya-Kiuchi), 1990 Nov. 18.76-20.36, 1991 Jan.
12.07-13.67; 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova, 1990 July 31.20-31.86.
All comets were at heliocentric distances < 2 AU, with visual m1
between 4.2 and 11.6. For a comparison of the x-ray and optical
properties, we are looking for images of these comets taken at or
near the specified times; please contact K. Dennerl (e-mail
kod@mpe-garching.mpg.de)."
(C) Copyright 1996 CBAT
1996 June 4 (6413) Daniel W. E. Green
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