Astronomy using ISRO AstroSat & NASA Software | Binary X-ray Pulsar

Centaurus X-3 is an eclipsing high mass X-ray binary pulsar and is seen as a bright, persistent X-ray source is the sky. NASA HEASoft (High Energy Astrophysics Software) was used for timing analysis of the ISRO AstroSat observations on 12-13 December, 2016.

For a popular science article on this paper, see: https://cosmicvarta.in/evolution-bina...

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Last Friday Talk on 30 July, 2021 based on

Publication:

Shirke, P., Bala, S., Roy, J. and Bhattacharya, D. (2021) 'A new measurement of the spin and orbital parameters of the high mass X-ray binary Centaurus X-3 using AstroSat', JAA, 42:58.

URL: https://www.ias.ac.in/describe/articl...

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Full sky plot of AstroSat Observations

Source: Dated 18 Aug, 2021 at 7 PM generated on http://astrosat-ssc.iucaa.in:8080/Plo...

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