Bibcode
D'Avanzo, P.; Goldoni, P.; Patruno, A.; Casella, P.; Campana, S.; Russell, D. M.; Belloni, T. M.
Bibliographical reference
The Astronomer's Telegram, #2900
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10
2010
Citations
6
Refereed citations
5
Description
We observed the optical and NIR counterpart of the recently discovered
X-ray transient MAXI J1659-152 (Negoro et al. 2010, ATel #2873; Mangano
et al. 2010, GCN #11296) with the REM telescope located in La Silla
(Chile) in imaging mode using the V, R, I, J, H and K filters.
Observations were carried out on 2009 Sept. 30, starting from 23:43 UT
(MJD 55469.985) for a total duration of six minutes. The source is well
detected in all bands with a magnitude of R = 16.3 (calibrated against
Landolt standard stars) and H = 14.7 (calibrated against the 2MASS
catalogue).