Author Archives: Matthew Allen

GX 339-4

Posted on 15/02/2019 by Matthew Allen

We would like to acknowledge the following people and schools for helping in taking the observations of GX 339-4 Paulet High School, Burton-on-Trent Leonor Cabral from Cascais, Portugal Alison Tripp (Faulkes Telescope) Vanessa Stroud (Faulkes Telescope, Open University) Gina Lloyd …

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Observing a Supernova

Posted on 21/01/2019 by Matthew Allen

We’re often used to observing stars in the night sky, but have you ever observed an exploding star? These objects, known as Supernovae, are some of the most energetic objects in the Universe. They’re so bright, that they can often …

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Faulkes Telescope Light Curves of MAXI J1659-152

Posted on 15/01/2019 by Matthew Allen

See our ATels with the first optical results from Faulkes in September 2010 here and the fade towards quiescence in July 2011 here. Read the paper we contributed to by Corral-Santana et al., “The long-term optical evolution of the black hole candidate MAXI …

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Faulkes Telescope Light Curves of GRO J1655-40

Posted on 15/01/2019 by Matthew Allen
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Faulkes Telescope South Light Curves of 4U 1608-52

Posted on 15/01/2019 by Matthew Allen

See our ATels here and here. The long-term light curve below includes Swift BAT and RXTE ASM X-ray data. Variability study on 2009-05-15: one 0.5 mag flare Colour-magnitude diagram Click here to return to the main XRB page

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Faulkes Telescope Light Curves of XTE J1550-564

Posted on 15/01/2019 by Matthew Allen

Read our Calvelo et al. paper, “Limits on the quiescent radio emission from the black hole binaries GRO J1655-40 and XTE J1550-564” here

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The New Black Hole Transient MAXI J1543-564

Posted on 15/01/2019 by Matthew Allen

Read our ATel here

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Faulkes Telescope Light Curves of 4U 1543-47

Posted on 15/01/2019 by Matthew Allen

Faulkes Telescope South light curve (2007 – 2011)

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Faulkes Telescope Light Curves of Cen X-4

Posted on 15/01/2019 by Matthew Allen

Faulkes Telescope South light curve (2008 – 2010) Click here to return to the main XRB page

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Faulkes Telescope Light Curves of GS 1354-64

Posted on 15/01/2019 by Matthew Allen

Read our MNRAS paper, “A `high-hard’ outburst of the black hole X-ray binary GS 1354-64” here and our ATels here and here. 2015 Outburst light curve Long-term light curve Click here to return to the main XRB page

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