| Proposal ID | 084326 |
| Title | 3FGL J1528.3-5836: A Peculiar Galactic Binary |
| Download Data Associated to the proposal | https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0843260101 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-i5tm0gu |
| Principal Investigator, PI | Dr Slavko Bogdanov |
| Abstract | In the course of our radio continuum survey of unassociated Fermi LAT gamma-raysources with the Australia Telescope Compact Array, we have discovered avariable radio source with a bright optical counterpart, which appears to be agiant star. Swift observations show that the source exhibits faint and possiblyvariable X-ray emission. We propose a set of two short XMM-Newton exploratoryobservations to establish the nature of this peculiar Galactic source. |
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| Instrument | EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2 |
| Temporal Coverage | 2019-08-28T02:14:07Z/2019-08-28T07:20:47Z |
| Version | 21.51_20241115_1113 |
| Mission Description | The European Space Agencys (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESAs second cornerstone of the Horizon 2000 Science Programme. It carries 3 high throughput X-ray telescopes with an unprecedented effective area, and an optical monitor, the first flown on a X-ray observatory. The large collecting area and ability to make long uninterrupted exposures provide highly sensitive observations. Since Earths atmosphere blocks out all X-rays, only a telescope in space can detect and study celestial X-ray sources. The XMM-Newton mission is helping scientists to solve a number of cosmic mysteries, ranging from the enigmatic black holes to the origins of the Universe itself. Observing time on XMM-Newton is being made available to the scientific community, applying for observational periods on a competitive basis. |
| Creator Contact | https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xmm-newton-helpdesk |
| Date Published | 2020-09-24T00:00:00Z |
| Last Update | 2026-07-09 |
| Keywords | "XMM-Newton", "variable xray emission", "J1528.3", "5836 \:", "galactic source", "giant star", "3fgl j1528", "XMM", "galactic binary", "radio continuum survey", "variable radio source", "bright optical counterpart" |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Dr Slavko Bogdanov, 2020, '3FGL J1528.3-5836: A Peculiar Galactic Binary', 21.51_20241115_1113, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-i5tm0gu |
| Rights | Data hosted in the ESA Space Science Archives are distributed under the CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO license. |