Bibcode
Charles, Phil; Cornelisse, R.; Foster, Deatrick; Casares, J.; Kotze, Marissa; Zdzarski, Andrzej
Bibliographical reference
The Astronomer's Telegram, #4105
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2012
Citations
3
Refereed citations
3
Description
We report on optical spectroscopy of the black hole candidate MAXI
J1305-704 (ATel #4024; #4030) using SALT and the Robert Stobie
Spectrograph. On 2012 April 15 (20:40-23:00 UTC) and 16 (22:30-01:40
UTC) we obtained 2 hrs of continuous spectroscopy using a slit width of
0.6 arcsec, resulting in a wavelength coverage of 4050-5100 Angstrom and
a resolving power of approximately 6000. According to the online MAXI
monitoring of the source, it was in the high soft state.