Faint outburst of an accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar observed by astronomers
Monday, July 9, 2018 - 08:30
in Astronomy & Space
European astronomers have spotted a new outburst of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar designated SAX J1748.9-2021. The outburst, which started on September 29, 2017, is fainter and shorter than previous outbursts of this pulsar. The discovery is reported in a paper published June 28 on arXiv.org.