The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

General Information:

Optical image for SWIFT J0539.5-6943

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

Swift Name:SWIFT J0539.5-6943
RA:84.929 (J2000)
Dec:-69.741 (J2000)
S/N:20.27
Counterpart Name:LMC X-1
Other Name:4U 0540-69
Ctpt RA:84.9113 (J2000)
Ctpt Dec:-69.7433 (J2000)
Flux:30.89 (27.80, 34.15) × 10-12 ergs s-1 cm-2, (14-195 keV)
Contamination:0.01
Gamma:2.64 (2.48, 2.82)
Chi2r:1.67
Redshift:0.00000
Luminosity:--
Class:8: X-ray Binary
Type:HMXB/NS

BAT 58-Month Lightcurves:

Crab Weighted Monthly Mosaic Lightcurve for SWIFT J0539.5-6943

Crab Weighted Monthly Mosaic Lightcurve for SWIFT J0539.5-6943

Lightcurves:

BAT 58-Month Spectrum:

BAT Spectrum for SWIFT J0539.5-6943

BAT Spectrum for SWIFT J0539.5-6943

BAT Hard X-ray Transient Source Page:

Data last modified: 19 Mar 2012
Page last modified: 10 Sep 2020