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Table 2.2—Continued Source d Count Rate Number Name R.A. Decl. (arcsec) (10−4 s−1 ) S/N LX H21 H31 Notes (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) 23........ CXOU J122518.4+181137 12 25 18.42 18 11 37.0 80.9 14.54±1.98 7.36 57.22 −0.20 +0.22 −0.20 −0.11+0.21 −0.20 24........ CXOU J122519.8+181235 12 25 19.82 18 12 35.3 91.8 3.61±1.01 3.59 14.19 +0.54 +0.30 −0.55 −0.07+0.73 −0.67 25........ CXOU J122520.7+180955 12 25 20.72 18 09 55.7 101.8 4.65±1.14 4.09 18.29 −0.12 +0.39 −0.36 −0.35+0.53 −0.37 26........ CXOU J122520.3+181301 12 25 20.32 18 13 01.7 109.5 40.73±3.37 12.10 160.27 +0.21 +0.10 −0.10 −0.60+0.15 −0.12 27........ CXOU J122525.5+180936 12 25 25.51 18 09 36.8 111.1 3.82±1.02 3.73 15.02 +0.67 +0.30 −1.09 +0.82+0.16 −0.89 28........ CXOU J122531.6+181051 12 25 31.68 18 10 51.8 114.1 5.66±1.26 4.49 22.26 −0.33 +0.35 −0.28 −0.47+0.41 −0.27 29........ CXOU J122527.4+181314 12 25 27.48 18 13 14.1 118.8 3.33±0.98 3.38 13.09 −0.48 +0.58 −0.34 −0.48+0.63 −0.35 30........ CXOU J122521.6+180929 12 25 21.61 18 09 29.0 121.9 21.55±2.39 9.01 84.78 +0.10 +0.16 −0.16 +0.02+0.17 −0.17 31........ CXOU J122518.1+181255 12 25 18.19 18 12 55.7 122.5 2.68±0.87 3.06 10.55 −0.41 +0.88 −0.47 −0.04+0.57 −0.54 32........ CXOU J122516.8+181234 12 25 16.82 18 12 34.3 123.5 8.37±1.51 5.53 32.93 +0.22 +0.23 −0.25 −0.57+0.46 −0.26 33........ CXOU J122530.4+181311 12 25 30.41 18 13 11.8 139.5 12.51±1.88 6.65 49.24 +0.47 +0.18 −0.23 +0.20+0.27 −0.30 34........ CXOU J122522.2+181344 12 25 22.22 18 13 44.0 140.5 7.37±1.46 5.04 28.99 +0.55 +0.24 −0.38 +0.47+0.28 −0.42 35........ CXOU J122515.0+181018 12 25 15.01 18 10 18.8 145.1 4.20±1.11 3.77 16.52 +0.71 +0.25 −0.79 +0.41+0.49 −0.95 36........ CXOU J122513.8+181248 12 25 13.80 18 12 48.9 167.9 2.70±0.88 3.05 10.62 −0.77 +0.98 −0.21 −0.35+0.50 −0.36 37........ CXOU J122517.6+181350 12 25 17.64 18 13 50.2 170.7 22.95±2.61 8.79 90.29 −0.05 +0.16 −0.16 −0.10+0.17 −0.17 38........ CXOU J122517.1+181346 12 25 17.17 18 13 46.8 171.6 156.44±7.25 21.60 615.56 −0.19 +0.05 −0.05 −0.59+0.06 −0.05 b,c 39........ CXOU J122512.9+181016 12 25 12.98 18 10 16.2 172.3 16.00±2.06 7.76 62.94 +0.00 +0.20 −0.20 −0.05+0.20 −0.20 40........ CXOU J122528.0+181417 12 25 28.06 18 14 17.2 180.7 3.56±1.04 3.42 14.08 −0.15 +0.60 −0.51 −0.15+0.56 −0.47 41........ CXOU J122518.1+180841 12 25 18.12 18 08 41.5 184.8 8.19±2.66 3.09 32.24 −0.14 +0.60 −0.51 −0.14+0.60 −0.51 d 42........ CXOU J122536.5+181002 12 25 36.58 18 10 02.6 197.2 6.43±1.37 4.70 25.31 −0.23 +0.31 −0.27 −0.49+0.43 −0.28 43........ CXOU J122511.1+181006 12 25 11.18 18 10 06.1 199.9 2.70±0.89 3.05 10.64 +0.47 +0.35 −0.59 −0.45+1.23 −0.51 44........ CXOU J122528.6+180808 12 25 28.66 18 08 08.6 208.0 3.20±0.94 3.39 12.59 −0.36 +0.63 −0.41 −0.26+0.57 −0.44 Continued on Next Page. . . 26
Table 2.2—Continued Source d Count Rate Number Name R.A. Decl. (arcsec) (10−4 s−1 ) S/N LX H21 H31 Notes (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) 45........ CXOU J122523.3+180758 12 25 23.33 18 07 58.1 208.0 22.72±4.02 5.66 89.40 +0.00 +0.24 −0.24 −0.50+0.36 −0.24 d 46........ CXOU J122538.8+181137 12 25 38.83 18 11 37.1 211.1 5.71±1.41 4.06 22.48 +1.00 +0.00 −0.40 +1.00+0.00 −0.09 47........ CXOU J122522.4+181457 12 25 22.48 18 14 57.1 212.3 15.34±2.27 6.75 60.36 −0.24 +0.22 −0.20 −0.43+0.30 −0.23 48........ CXOU J122538.7+181205 12 25 38.75 18 12 05.1 213.2 6.64±1.53 4.33 26.13 +0.66 +0.26 −0.68 +0.67+0.25 −0.67 b 49........ CXOU J122512.8+181409 12 25 12.80 18 14 09.3 228.8 20.54±2.72 7.55 80.83 +0.10 +0.17 −0.18 −0.35+0.25 −0.21 50........ CXOU J122508.0+181229 12 25 08.00 18 12 29.9 237.3 3.75±1.11 3.37 14.73 +0.30 +0.34 −0.43 −0.65+1.25 −0.33 51........ CXOU J122540.6+181224 12 25 40.60 18 12 24.6 243.2 10.99±1.94 5.67 43.24 +0.13 +0.24 −0.25 −0.08+0.33 −0.32 52........ CXOU J122509.2+181336 12 25 09.27 18 13 36.7 247.8 9.67±2.13 4.55 38.07 +0.36 +0.31 −0.41 +0.28+0.35 −0.45 d 53........ CXOU J122506.1+181045 12 25 06.15 18 10 45.8 258.0 12.67±1.95 6.49 49.83 +0.11 +0.22 −0.23 −0.19+0.30 −0.27 b 54........ CXOU J122505.9+181158 12 25 05.91 18 11 58.9 260.5 9.25±1.67 5.53 36.41 +0.12 +0.25 −0.27 −0.48+0.57 −0.33 e 55........ CXOU J122504.7+181133 12 25 04.74 18 11 33.5 275.1 13.21±1.98 6.66 51.98 +0.58 +0.20 −0.30 +0.59+0.19 −0.29 56........ CXOU J122543.4+181048 12 25 43.44 18 10 48.3 278.9 8.82±2.98 3.02 34.69 +0.45 +0.36 −0.60 −0.14+0.88 −0.70 d 57........ CXOU J122503.7+181124 12 25 03.70 18 11 24.1 289.9 14.61±2.52 5.82 57.48 −0.12 +0.23 −0.22 −0.49+0.31 −0.22 b,d 58........ CXOU J122546.0+181302 12 25 46.05 18 13 02.9 328.3 12.11±2.49 4.86 47.65 +0.24 +0.32 −0.38 −0.40+1.03 −0.52 NOTE.—Units of right ascension are hours, minutes, and seconds, and units of declination are degrees, arcminutes, and arcseconds. The units for LX are 1037 ergs s−1 in the 0.3–10 keV band. a Sources near the center may be confused with nearby sources, making their positions, fluxes, and extents uncertain. b Source is noticeably more extended than PSF. c Possible faint optical counterpart. d Globular cluster is possible optical counterpart. e Source may be variable. f Source is at the edge of the S3 detector, and flux is uncertain due to large exposure correction. 27
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the east and northeast of NGC 1600.
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group, we assumed that they were at
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the group gas than we calculate fro
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90% confidence level errors. Bracke
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we adopted the power-law model as o
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sources could be a non-trivial sour
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source list against which to regist
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actually be an AGN. Sources 79, 80,
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mass segregation of GCs with the sa
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limits). The 0.3-10 keV X-ray lumin
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LMXBs in Galactic GCs (Heinke et al
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