The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

General Information:

Optical image for SWIFT J1918.6-0516

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

Swift Name:SWIFT J1918.6-0516
RA:289.701 (J2000)
Dec:-5.238 (J2000)
S/N:78.47
Counterpart Name:4U 1916-053
Other Name:V1405 Aql
Ctpt RA:289.6995 (J2000)
Ctpt Dec:-5.2381 (J2000)
Flux:191.04 (186.23, 195.91) × 10-12 ergs s-1 cm-2, (14-195 keV)
Contamination:0.00
Gamma:2.54 (2.49, 2.58)
Chi2r:1.84
Redshift:0.00000
Luminosity:--
Class:8: X-ray Binary
Type:LMXB/NS

BAT 58-Month Lightcurves:

Crab Weighted Monthly Mosaic Lightcurve for SWIFT J1918.6-0516

Crab Weighted Monthly Mosaic Lightcurve for SWIFT J1918.6-0516

Lightcurves:

BAT 58-Month Spectrum:

BAT Spectrum for SWIFT J1918.6-0516

BAT Spectrum for SWIFT J1918.6-0516

BAT Hard X-ray Transient Source Page:

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