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What Does RXTE Look At Activity

Plot these X-ray sources on the map of the Galactic Center using their coordinates. Use a different symbol for each source. Questions: Why is the X axis labeled so strangely? Answer!

Source name Coordinates Source Type
Sco X-1 359, 23 QPO Z Source
GX 9+9 8.5, 9 QPO Atoll Source
X 1636-536 333, -4.8 Low Mass X-ray Binary (LMXB)
X 1822-371 357, -11 LMXB
GX 17+2 16.4, 1.3 Neutron Star
Nova Sco 94 345, 2.45 Nova, LMXB
GX 354-0 354, -15 X-ray Burster
NGC 6624 2.79, -7.9 Globular Cluster
X 1735-444 346, -6.99 X-ray Burster
GRO J 1744-28 0.05, 0.3 LMXB

 

 

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