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The Search for Cen X-3

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

M. E. Perry ,
B. A. Peterson ,
D. T. Wickramasinghe  and
N. V. Vidal
M. E. Perry
Affiliation:
Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatory, Research School of Physical Sciences, Australian National University
B. A. Peterson
Affiliation:
Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatory, Research School of Physical Sciences, Australian National University
D. T. Wickramasinghe
Affiliation:
Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatory, Research School of Physical Sciences, Australian National University
N. V. Vidal
Affiliation:
Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatory, Research School of Physical Sciences, Australian National University
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Cen X-3 was first discovered by Chodil et al. Since then, observations using the UHURU satellite have shown it to be an X-ray pulsar, and it must now have become one of the most searched for objects in the sky. It is both an X-ray pulsar (P~4.8 secs) and an X-ray eclipsing binary (P~2.08712 days).

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , October 1973 , pp. 188 - 190
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1973

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