V405 Aurigae = RX J0558.0+5353

SkyView image
of V405 Aur (see important notes).
- Position
-
- Equatorial: 05h57m59.27s,
+53d53m45.1s (J2000)
- Galactic: l=159.20, b=+14.32
- Finding Chart:
- Haberl et al (1994)
- Brigntness:
- Optical ; fx (2-10 keV)~1.9x10^(-11) ergs/cm/cm/s (ASCA)
- Periods:
-
- Orbital: 0.17345 d = 4.16 hr= 14986s, seen in optical spectroscopy.
HJD=2449474.6446(15)+0.172624(1)E
(Thorstensen 1997, private communication, cited in
Harlaftis & Horne 1999)
- Spin: 0.06313 d = 9.091 min = 545.4555 s, seen in optical
photometry and hard X-ray light curves.
HJD(min)=2449689.573466(31)+0.006313154(3)E
(Skillman 1996)
- Others: In optical and soft X-rays, the dominant period is half the
spin period (272.7277s).
- Inclination:
- ?
- Distance:
- ?
One of the soft IPs,
with spin-modulated circular polarization
and double-peaked soft X-ray and optical spin pulses.
References