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:194.060 (J2000)
Dec:-5.792 (J2000)
S/N:9.93
Counterpart Name:3C 279
Other Name:
Ctpt RA:194.0465 (J2000)
Ctpt Dec:-5.7893 (J2000)
Flux:34.82 (28.20, 41.97) × 10-12 ergs s-1 cm-2, (14-195 keV)
Contamination:0.00
Gamma:1.50 (1.25, 1.75)
Chi2r:0.21
Redshift:0.53620
Luminosity:46.60 log[ergs s-1] (14-195 keV)
Class:5: Beamed AGN
Type:Blazar

BAT 58-Month Lightcurves:

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

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

Lightcurves:

BAT 58-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: 19 Mar 2012
Page last modified: 10 Sep 2020