[X-ray-star:441] VY Ari

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A bright X-ray flare from VY Ari was detected (H. Negoro).

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MAXI transient alert
2016-05-11 08:45:25 UT
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[Ground Trigger ID]
ID          :  7519899999

[Count Weighted Position]
RA,Dec: ( 42.182,  31.115)
Galac.: (150.590, -25.376)
Eclip.: ( 49.124,  14.208)

[Triggered Criteria]

[Highest Significance]
DPTC  : 1146991522
UT    : 2016/05/11 08:45:25
on    : 4orb (S-band)
sigma : 0.3

[Observed flux]
S :      4 +-    13 mCrab
L :     -7 +-     5 mCrab
M :     12 +-    26 mCrab
H :     29 +-    95 mCrab

nearby(r<5deg) object
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dist  flux  (RA, Dec)        name
[deg][mCrab]  [deg]
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0.00      4.7 ( 42.18,  31.12)  VY Ari
3.36      7.6 ( 38.58,  32.51)  NGC 973
4.38      6.5 ( 37.06,  31.31)  NGC 931

[Sun/Moon (RA, Dec)]
Sun :  (48.435, 17.978)
Moon:  (113.685, 17.328)
age: 4.59 day

[Latitude/Longitude]
(28.38S, 144.52W)


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