Coordinates


RA: 15h20m40s.842
DEC: -5710'00''.272
Position-uncertainty [arcsec]: 1.423 × 10-4
Galactic-longitude [deg]: 322.12
Galactic-latitude [deg]: 0.04
Coordinate-Reference

Binary System


Alternative Name: 3U 1516-56
Mean Distance [kpc]: 5.11
Distance Range [kpc]: 1.37 - 9.79

Compact Object




Orbital Period [d]: 16.68[1]


XMM-Newton flux [10-12 erg cm-2 s-1]:11.77 - 91.71 (0.2-12.0 keV)
Chandra flux [10-12 erg cm-2 s-1]:3.61 (0.5-7.0 keV)
Swift/XRT flux [10-12 erg cm-2 s-1]:22.88 - 122.1 (0.3-10.0 keV)
Swift/BAT flux [10-12 erg cm-2 s-1]:81.88 (14-195 keV)

Optical Counterpart


Gaia DR3 Name: 5883218164517055488
Counterpart: confirmed
Spectral Type: B5-A0I[1]
G [mag]: 17.776(0.021)
V [mag]: 21.4
J [mag]: 12.743(0.031)
H [mag]: 11.521(0.029)
K [mag]: 10.692(0.025)
W1 [mag]: 10.015(0.015)
W2 [mag]: 9.778(0.011)
Effective stellar temperature [K]: 4296.2

Comments


Uncertain if HMXB or LMXB.