[X-ray-star:190] (Updating)MAXI J1706-422: possible new transient

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A possible new X-ray transient MAXI J1706-422. We cannot rule out a
possibility of the nearby LMXB 4U 1702-429 (0.79 degree from the best
position).   This is a report from Kazutaka Yamaoka

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MAXI transient alert
2012-10-20 17:37:48 UT
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[Ground Trigger ID]
ID          :  6220875462

[Count Weighted Position]
RA,Dec: (256.530, -42.250)
Galac.: (344.505,  -0.834)
Eclip.: (259.473, -19.302)

[Triggered Criteria]
S:  1d, 4d
M  :  4d

[Highest Significance]
DPTC  : 1034789882
UT    : 2012/10/20 17:37:48
on    : 4d (Med-band)
sigma : 6.1

[Observed flux]
S :    105 +-    15 mCrab
L :    111 +-    21 mCrab
M :    158 +-    26 mCrab
H :    289 +-    81 mCrab

nearby(r<5deg) object
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dist  flux  (RA, Dec)        name
[deg][mCrab]  [deg]
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0.79     44.2 (256.56, -43.04)  4U 1702-429,H 1702-429,Ara X-1
1.06  unknown (255.10, -42.32)  AX J1700.2-4220
1.08  unknown (256.00, -41.24)  XTE J1704-412
1.14     10.7 (255.20, -41.67)  OAO 1657-41,H 1657-415
1.36  unknown (258.36, -42.33)  Swift J1713.4-4219
1.61     19.6 (255.44, -40.86)  XTE J1701-407
1.83     59.5 (258.10, -40.84)  4U 1708-40,1RXS J171224.8-405034
1.92    218.0 (257.23, -44.10)  4U 1705-440,SAXWFC J1708.9-4406.9
1.96  unknown (253.95, -41.83)  IGR J16558-4150
2.16  unknown (257.20, -40.15)  1RXS J170849.0-400910
2.30  unknown (256.12, -44.53)  XTE J1704-445
2.80  unknown (259.90, -41.02)  IGR J17195-4100
2.90  unknown (259.60, -40.49)  RX J1718.4-4029
3.32      8.0 (253.50, -39.85)  GRO J1655-40,V1033 Sco
3.43  unknown (252.36, -43.82)  IGR J16493-4348
3.87     10.2 (258.99, -38.86)  1RXS J171557.7-385152,XTE J1716-389
3.97  unknown (253.09, -45.34)  XTE J1652-453
4.04     39.7 (255.24, -46.19)  XTE J1701-462
4.17  unknown (253.79, -38.63)  V1312 Sco
4.26  unknown (257.90, -38.12)  SAX J1711.6-3808
4.41  unknown (251.99, -45.20)  IGR J16479-4514
4.43    445.1 (255.99, -37.84)  H 1700-377,V884 Sco
4.55  unknown (251.65, -45.12)  IGR J16465-4507
4.68  unknown (253.81, -38.06)  V1311 Sco
4.77      8.6 (258.14, -37.64)  SAX J1712.6-3739
4.97    357.4 (251.45, -45.61)  GX 340+0,1RXS J164547.8-453642
4.97  unknown (251.79, -45.87)  CXOU J164710.2-455216

[Sun/Moon (RA, Dec)]
Sun :  (205.582, -10.607)
Moon:  (279.833, -19.538)
age: 5.30 day

[Latitude/Longitude]
(23.06S, 96.01W)


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