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ID# 8

IGR J17062-6143

SWIFT 1706.6-6146

Confirmed UCXB

RA                 Dec     [hh:mm:ss.ss]          [dd:mm:ss.ss] 17:06:16.3  -61:42:40.5                      [ICRS]

ℓ                      b [deg]                            [deg] 328.719432  -12.398127

Year of discovery: 2006

(Churazov2007)

Basic data

Location in Globular Cluster
Type of accretor	NS AMXP (163.65 Hz / 6.11 ms)	Persistent (Quasi-persistent) Strohmayer2017
Distance [kpc] (other distances) Gaia [kpc]	7.3±0.5 (He) 3.4-1.7+6.4	Keek2017 Degenaar2013a BailerJones2018
z [kpc]	-1.57	Keek2017
Orbital period (Porb) [min]	37.9701±0.0002	Strohmayer2018
Porb determination method	X-ray pulsation
Thermonuclear X-ray burst	IB SB	Degenaar2012a Negoro2015
Peak X-ray flux [erg s-1 cm-2] (2 - 10 keV)	5.53E-11	Keek2017
NH [x1022 cm-2]	0.26	Degenaar2017
E(B-V) [mag]
Magnitude	g'=20.23±0.16	HernandezSantisteban2019
Proposed companion	He; CO or O-Ne-Mg WD (Constraints on the donor mass and radius; X-ray spectral modelling)	Strohmayer2018 VandenEijnden2018

NOTES

Spectral data

UV
Optical	Featureless	HernandezSantisteban2019
X-ray	Fe Kα (~6 keV) Emission and absorption lines in the Fe K band (7-10 keV) Emission line at 1 keV (Fe-L complex) O emission line (0.63-0.69 keV) Absorption line at 3.4 keV (Ca or Ti)	Strohmayer2017Keek2017 Degenaar2013a IntZand2019Degenaar2013a VandenEijnden2018Bult2021 Bult2021

Peak Optical/NIR magnitudes

If the system is transient, quiescent magnitudes are indicated with a "q" superindex HernandezSantisteban2019
UVW2=20.10±0.05, UVM2=20.40±0.15, UVW1=20.03±0.08, U=19.85±0.39, B=20.30±1.69, g'_1=20.23±0.16, g'_2=20.29±0.13, r'_1=20.30±0.17, r'_2=20.12±0.10, i'_1=20.37±0.19, i'_2=20.05±0.12, J_1=20.54±0.08, J_2=20.84±0.04, J_3=23.39±0.18, H_1=20.63±0.08, H_2=20.44±0.05, H_3=22.96±0.44, Ks_1=20.98±0.11, Ks_2=20.78±0.10, Ks_3=22.93±0.39 (different telescopes and epochs).

Aladin finding chart

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IGR J17062-6143 in Simbad

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References to finding charts

HernandezSantisteban2019