The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

General Information:

Optical image for SWIFT J1256.2-0551

Optical Image
(3 arcmin on a side, red = DSS 2 IR,
green = DSS 2 red, blue = DSS 2 blue

Swift Name:SWIFT J1256.2-0551
RA:194.047 (J2000)
Dec:-5.760 (J2000)
S/N:10.95
Counterpart Name:3C 279
Other Name:
Ctpt RA:194.0465 (J2000)
Ctpt Dec:-5.7893 (J2000)
Flux:34.30 (28.64, 40.25) × 10-12 ergs s-1 cm-2, (14-195 keV)
Contamination: 
Gamma:1.49 (1.26, 1.72)
Chi2r:0.20
Redshift:0.5362
Luminosity:46.59 log[ergs s-1] (14-195 keV)
AS:4
Class:7
Type:Blazar

BAT 70-Month Lightcurves:

Crab Weighted Monthly Mosaic Lightcurve for SWIFT J1256.2-0551

Crab Weighted Monthly Mosaic Lightcurve for SWIFT J1256.2-0551

Lightcurves:

BAT 70-Month Spectrum:

BAT Spectrum for SWIFT J1256.2-0551

BAT Spectrum for SWIFT J1256.2-0551

BAT Hard X-ray Transient Source Page:

Data last modified: 23 May 2013
Page last modified: 10 Sep 2020