The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

General Information:

Optical image for SWIFT J2253.9+1608

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

Swift Name:SWIFT J2253.9+1608
RA:343.488 (J2000)
Dec:16.146 (J2000)
S/N:40.43
Counterpart Name:3C 454.3
Other Name:
Ctpt RA:343.4906 (J2000)
Ctpt Dec:16.1482 (J2000)
Flux:131.80 (125.65, 138.08) × 10-12 ergs s-1 cm-2, (14-195 keV)
Contamination:0.00
Gamma:1.51 (1.45, 1.57)
Chi2r:2.25
Redshift:0.85900
Luminosity:47.67 log[ergs s-1] (14-195 keV)
Class:5: Beamed AGN
Type:Blazar

BAT 58-Month Lightcurves:

Crab Weighted Monthly Mosaic Lightcurve for SWIFT J2253.9+1608

Crab Weighted Monthly Mosaic Lightcurve for SWIFT J2253.9+1608

Lightcurves:

BAT 58-Month Spectrum:

BAT Spectrum for SWIFT J2253.9+1608

BAT Spectrum for SWIFT J2253.9+1608

BAT Hard X-ray Transient Source Page:

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