WE PROPOSE TOO OBSERVATIONS OF 5 NEW BRIGHT SOURCES AT 20 KSEC EACH DETECTED WITH OUR ACCEPTED SWIFT GALACTIC PLANE SURVEY KEY PROJECT. THE LATTER IS A 2-YR SURVEY OF 40SQ DEG OF THE GP MAPPING X-RAY SOURCES (0.1 - 10 KEV). IT WILL PRODUCE A VERY RICH SAMPLE OF NEW SOURCES AND TRANSIENTS (E.G. MAGNETARS HIGH MASS X-RAY BINARIES) WHILE ALSO COVERING A BROAD DISCOVERY SPACE. HOWEVER CONCRETE IDENTIFICATION OF NEW/TRANSIENT X-RAY SOURCES STRONGLY DEPENDS ON OBTAINING SPECTRAL AND TIMING INFORMATION TO ACCURATELY MEASURE THE PROPERTIES OF THE SOURCES SUCH AS THEIR X-RAY FLUX AND SPECTRAL CURVATURE AND PERIODIC VARIABILITY. WE HAVE ACCEPTED PROPOSALS WITH NUSTAR CHANDRA HUBBLE AND ZTF AND HAVE ACCESS TO ESO VLT (IR) MEER KAT ( 1.4GHZ) AND LO FAR TO FOLLOW UP PROMISING CANDIDATES.
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