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The Hibernating Stellar Magnet
The newly discovered object, known as SWIFT J195509+261406, showed intense flaring activity over a three day period. One of such flare is demonstrated here (and in the accompanying video). The images, obtained with the 0.8-m IAC80 telescope at Teide Observatory (Spain), show the source over a time span of about 30 minutes, during which the source brightens quickly then fades away. Forty of such flares have been recorded by the team of astronomers.
Credit:
A.J. Castro-Tirado/IAC80/ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso0831b |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 23 September 2008 |
| Related releases: | eso0831 |
| Size: | 1567 x 992 px |
About the Object
| Name: | SWIFT J195509.6+261406 |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Type : Exotic : X-Ray Binary • X - Stars |
| Distance: | 16000 light years |
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