UltraCompCAT A Catalogue of Ultra-Compact and Short Orbital Period X-ray Binaries


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ID# 2

4U 0513-40

XB 0512-401

Confirmed UCXB

RA                 Dec    

[hh:mm:ss.ss]          [dd:mm:ss.ss]

05:14:06.40  -40:02:38

                     [ICRS]

ℓ                      b

[deg]                            [deg]

244.509804  -35.036749

Year of discovery: 1972

(Forman1976b)

Basic data

Location in Globular Cluster NGC 1851
Type of accretor NS Persistent
Distance [kpc]
(other distances)
11.951 +0.134-0.133
Baumgardt2021
Harris2010Kuulkers2003Watkins2015Galloway2020
z [kpc] -6.89 Baumgardt2021
Orbital period (Porb) [min] 17 Zurek2009
Porb determination method UV modulation
Thermonuclear X-ray burst Short-B Forman1976bGalloway2020
Peak X-ray flux [erg s-1 cm-2]
(2 - 10 keV)
1.33E-10 Fiocchi2011
NH [x1022 cm-2] 0.026 Sidoli2001
E(B-V) [mag] 0.02±0.01 Harris2010
Magnitude B=21.1 Deutsch1996
Proposed companion


NOTES

The orbital period is confirmed by detections in soft X-rays (Fiocchi2011).
Fiocchi2011 suggested a high inclination angle of the binary system (> 80 deg).
4U 0513-40 shows large X-ray flux variations of more than a factor of 10 on time-scales of days to weeks (Maccarone2010).

Spectral data

UV
Optical
X-ray Interstellar O absorption line (23.4 Å) Juett2005

Peak Optical/NIR magnitudes

If the system is transient, quiescent magnitudes are indicated with a "q" superindex
Deutsch1996
U=20.2, B=21.1
Aladin finding chart
Scroll to zoom. Set survey image in "Manage layers"
Default image: DSS2 Red
4U 0513-40 in Simbad

References to finding charts

Zurek2009Homer2001Deutsch1996



This research has made use of NASA's Astrophysics Data System (ADS) and the SIMBAD database operated at CDS (Strasbourg, France)
Please acknowledge the use of this catalogue in any published work you derive from it.

Last modified: 09 May 2023.