ESA Science & Technology - Bursts, eclipses, dips and a refined position for the luminous low-mass X-ray binary in the globular cluster Terzan 6

Publication date: 02 July 2003

Authors: in t Zand, F.M.M., et al.

Journal: Astronomy & Astrophysics
Volume: 406
Page: 221-232
Year: 2003

Copyright: ESO

GRS 1747-312 is a bright transient X-ray source in the globular cluster Terzan 6 with quasi-periodic outbursts approximately every 4.5 months. We carried out 260 keV target-of-opportunity observations during eight outbursts with the Proportional Counter Array on the RXTE satellite, for a total exposure time of 301 ks, and detect the first unambiguous thermonuclear X-ray bursts from this source.