The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

General Information:

Optical image for SWIFT J1521.0-5711

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

Swift Name:SWIFT J1521.0-5711
RA:230.194 (J2000)
Dec:-57.166 (J2000)
S/N:37.09
Counterpart Name:Cir X-1
Other Name:BR Cir
Ctpt RA:230.1703 (J2000)
Ctpt Dec:-57.1667 (J2000)
Flux:56.48 (54.41, 58.58) × 10-12 ergs s-1 cm-2, (14-195 keV)
Contamination:0.00
Gamma:5.33 (5.13, 5.55)
Chi2r:1.40
Redshift:0.00000
Luminosity:--
Class:8: X-ray Binary
Type:LMXB

BAT 58-Month Lightcurves:

Crab Weighted Monthly Mosaic Lightcurve for SWIFT J1521.0-5711

Crab Weighted Monthly Mosaic Lightcurve for SWIFT J1521.0-5711

Lightcurves:

BAT 58-Month Spectrum:

BAT Spectrum for SWIFT J1521.0-5711

BAT Spectrum for SWIFT J1521.0-5711

BAT Hard X-ray Transient Source Page:

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