The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

General Information:

Optical image for SWIFT J0520.9-7156

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

Swift Name:SWIFT J0520.9-7156
RA:80.040 (J2000)
Dec:-71.951 (J2000)
S/N:17.13
Counterpart Name:LMC X-2
Other Name:4U 0520-72
Ctpt RA:80.1168 (J2000)
Ctpt Dec:-71.9648 (J2000)
Flux:17.95 (16.71, 19.24) × 10-12 ergs s-1 cm-2, (14-195 keV)
Contamination:0.00
Gamma:6.13 (5.63, 6.72)
Chi2r:1.30
Redshift:0.00000
Luminosity:--
Class:8: X-ray Binary
Type:LMXB

BAT 58-Month Lightcurves:

Crab Weighted Monthly Mosaic Lightcurve for SWIFT J0520.9-7156

Crab Weighted Monthly Mosaic Lightcurve for SWIFT J0520.9-7156

Lightcurves:

BAT 58-Month Spectrum:

BAT Spectrum for SWIFT J0520.9-7156

BAT Spectrum for SWIFT J0520.9-7156

BAT Hard X-ray Transient Source Page:

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