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Name
  RX J0059.2-7138  
AAVSO UID
000-BKN-425 (No observations)  
Constellation
Tucana Sequence
J2000.0
00 59 12.74 -71 38 45.0  (14.80308 -71.64583) Search nearby
B1950.0 00 57 30.23 -71 54 55.0
Proper motion
RA: -8.3 +/- 1.7 mas/yDec: 0.2 +/- 1.7 mas/ySource: UCAC4
Galactic coord. 302.059 -45.469
Other names

(Internal only)
2MASS J00591272-7138448 ASAS J005913-7138.8 GSC 09138-00740
LPH018 SXP 2.76
[M2002] SMC 45640    
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Variability type
HMXB/XP
Spectral type B1IIIe
Mag. range
14.1 V (0.11)Ic
Discoverer --
Epoch
06 Oct 2001 (HJD 2452189.4) Ephemeris
Outburst --
Period 82.1 d
Rise/eclipse dur. --
Remarks
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1 Otero, Sebastian Alberto Long-term magnitude changes. Amplitude of the orbital variations is 0.02 mag. (Ic)
2 Graham, Keith Close companion 4" to the SE (V= 16.8). V mag from 2008MNRAS.388.1198M = 14.01. Spectral type from 2005A&A...442.1135L = B1IIIe. Spectral type from 2008MNRAS.388.1198M = B1/1.5II/III. Position from UCAC3.
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References
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1 Schmidtke, P. C. et al., 2006, An Investigation of Be/X-Ray Pulsars with
OGLE-III Data		 2006AJ....132..971S
2 Southwell K.A., Charles P.A.,1996,The optical counterpart of the supersoft
Small Magellanic Cloud transient pulsar RXJ 0059.2-7138		 1996MNRAS.281L..63S
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Catalog Data
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2MASS J = 14.04H = 13.91
AllWISE W1 = 13.11W2 = 12.94W3 = 12.46W1 - W2 = 0.17
APASS-DR9 B = 14.03V = 13.98g' = 13.91r' = 14.01i' = 14.05B - V = 0.05
Images
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Size 5' x 5' (297 x 298 pixels)
Center 00 59 12.74 -71 38 45.0 (J2000)
Source STScI
Survey

Red, all sky, 1.0 arcsec/pixel
  Negative
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Campaigns/Programs
 Photometry of HMXBs
Revision History
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2 Otero, Sebastian Alberto 2012-06-22 19:59 UTC Elements and amplitude from 2006AJ....132..971S.
1 Graham, Keith 2012-06-22 19:43 UTC Initial submission.

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