Abstract
The dwarf starburst galaxy NGC 1569 was observed for 96.8 ks with Chandta. We detected several variable X-ray point sources in the central region of NGC 1569. Inparticular, two bright point sources, CXOU 043048.1+645050 and CXOU 043048.6+645058, exhibit a prominent variability in time. Fitting with the disk blackbody model, we find that CXOU 043048.1+645050 may be a stellar mass black hole with ∼ 20M. From the fact that CXOU 043048.6+645058 has a short time variability and flat spectrum, we concluded that this source may be a neutron star binary. We calculated the luminosity ratio of the soft X-ray band to other energy bands, and find that NGC 1569 has a typical luminosity ratio found in starburst galaxies.
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