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In order to identify the nature of the active nucleus of spiral galaxyNGC 4992, associated with the Chandra andINTEGRAL high-energy sources CXOU J130905.6+113803and IGR J13091+1137 (see Halpern, Atel #572 and Sazonov et al., 2005,A&A, 444, L37), we acquired a 15-minute optical spectrum on February1, 2006 with the instrument BFOSC mounted on the `G.D. Cassini' 1.5mtelescope of the Astronomical Observatory of Bologna located in Loiano(Italy).
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We present further results from our onging optical spectrophotometriccampaign at the Astronomical Observatory of Bologna in Loiano (Italy) onunidentified hard X-ray sources detected by INTEGRAL. We observedspectroscopically the putative optical counterparts of the INTEGRALsources IGR J00234+6141, IGR J01583+6713, IGR J06074+2205, IGRJ13091+1137 and IGR J20286+2544. We find that the first two are Galacticobjects, namely a Cataclysmic Variable at a distance d 300 pc anda Be/X transient High-Mass X-ray Binary (HMXB) located at ~6.4 kpc,respectively, whereas the last one is identified with MCG +04-48-002, aStarburst/H ii galaxy at redshift z = 0.013 hiding a Seyfert 2 nucleus.We identify IGR J13091+1137 as the (likely Seyfert 2 type) activenucleus of galaxy NGC 4992, which we classify as an X-ray Bright,Optically Normal Galaxy; this is the first example of this type ofobject to be detected by INTEGRAL, and one of the closest of this class.We moreover confirm the possible Be/X nature of IGR J06074+2205, and weestimate it to be at a distance of ~1 kpc. We also reexamine thespectrum of the z = 0.087 elliptical radio galaxy PKS 0352-686, thepossible counterpart of the INTEGRAL source IGR J03532-6829, and we findthat it is a BL Lac. Physical parameters for these sources are alsoevaluated by discussing our findings in the context of the availablemultiwavelength information. These identifications further stress theimportance of INTEGRAL in the study of the hard X-ray spectrum of ActiveGalactic Nuclei, HMXBs and Cataclysmic Variables.
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