{
  "id": "astro-ph/0302370",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2003-02-18T22:49:56.000Z",
  "updated": "2003-04-03T01:24:29.000Z",
  "title": "The Optical Counterpart of the Isolated Neutron Star RX J1605.3+3249",
  "authors": [
    "D. L. Kaplan",
    "S. R. Kulkarni",
    "M. H. van Kerkwijk"
  ],
  "comment": "5 pages, 4 figures. Uses emulateapj5.sty, onecolfloat5.sty. Accepted by ApJL. Small changes from ver. 1 following referee's report",
  "journal": "Astrophys.J.588:L33-L36,2003",
  "doi": "10.1086/375523",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "We have detected the optical counterpart to the nearby isolated neutron star RX J1605.3+3249 using observations from the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrometer aboard the Hubble Space Telescope. The counterpart, with m_{50CCD}=26.84+/-0.07 mag and very blue colors, lies close to the ROSAT HRI error circle and within the Chandra error circle. The spectrum is consistent with a Rayleigh-Jeans tail whose emission is a factor of ~14 above the extrapolation of the X-ray blackbody, and the source has an unabsorbed X-ray-to-optical flux ratio of log(fX/fopt)=4.4, similar to that of other isolated neutron stars. This confirms the classification of RX J1605.3+3249 as a neutron star.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2003-04-03T01:24:29.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "optical counterpart",
      "nearby isolated neutron star rx",
      "space telescope imaging spectrometer aboard",
      "rosat hri error circle"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 5,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 613587
    }
  }
}