The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

General Information:

Optical image for SWIFT J0959.5-2248

Optical Image
(3 arcmin on a side, red = DSS 2 IR,
green = DSS 2 red, blue = DSS 2 blue

Swift Name:SWIFT J0959.5-2248
RA:149.869 (J2000)
Dec:-22.825 (J2000)
S/N:28.86
Counterpart Name:NGC 3081
Other Name:
Ctpt RA:149.8731 (J2000)
Ctpt Dec:-22.8263 (J2000)
Flux:84.44 (78.66, 90.39) × 10-12 ergs s-1 cm-2, (14-195 keV)
Contamination:0.00
Gamma:1.80 (1.72, 1.89)
Chi2r:1.70
Redshift:0.00796
Luminosity:43.08 log[ergs s-1] (14-195 keV)
Class:4: Seyfert Galaxy
Type:Sy2

BAT 58-Month Lightcurves:

Crab Weighted Monthly Mosaic Lightcurve for SWIFT J0959.5-2248

Crab Weighted Monthly Mosaic Lightcurve for SWIFT J0959.5-2248

Lightcurves:

BAT 58-Month Spectrum:

BAT Spectrum for SWIFT J0959.5-2248

BAT Spectrum for SWIFT J0959.5-2248

BAT Hard X-ray Transient Source Page:

Data last modified: 19 Mar 2012
Page last modified: 10 Sep 2020