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X-ray transient source at high galactic latitude and suggested extragalactic identification

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THE discovery of a number of bright, transient X-ray sources in the Milky Way has been a feature of the first year in orbit of the Ariel V satellite (see, for example, refs 1–4). It is becoming clear from the all-sky data obtained by the Ariel V Sky Survey Experiment (SSE) that at least two distinct classes of (fainter) high latitude transient X-ray source also exist. A particularly interesting first example is reported here.

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  1. X-ray Astronomy Group, Department of Physics, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK

    M. J. RICKETTS, B. A. COOKE & K. A. POUNDS

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RICKETTS, M., COOKE, B. & POUNDS, K. X-ray transient source at high galactic latitude and suggested extragalactic identification. Nature 259, 546–547 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/259546a0

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