Swift-XRT detects X-ray burst from Circinus X-1

Bibcode
2010ATel.2651....1L
Linares, M.; Soleri, P.; Altamirano, D.; Armas-Padilla, M.; Cavecchi, Y.; Degenaar, N.; Kalamkar, M.; Kaur, R.; van der Klis, M.; Patruno, A.; Watts, A.; Wijnands, R.; Yang, Y.; Casella, P.; Rea, N.; Chakrabarty, D.; Homan, J.
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The Astronomer's Telegram, #2651

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2010
Number of authors
17
IAC number of authors
0
Citations
3
Refereed citations
3
Description
Following the recent re-brightening (ATel #2608) and RXTE-PCA detection of X-ray bursts from the peculiar X-ray binary Cir X-1 between May 15 and 25 (ATel #2643), we obtained a series of Swift-XRT observations of the field (see also ATel #2650). Swift-XRT detected an X-ray burst on 2010-05-28 at 12:08:19 UTC, which lasted about 60 seconds and had a FRED profile, typical of type I X-ray bursts.
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Non-refereed
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