  In the ROSAT Bright Survey (RBS) we have almost completely optically
identified the brightest ~2000 high-galactic latitude sources from the ROSAT
All-Sky Survey Bright Source Catalogue (1RXS). A small number of sources has
empty X-ray error circles on optical images. ROSAT HRI follow-up observations
of RBS1223 (=1RXS J130848.6+212708), a soft object with extreme X-ray to
optical flux ratio, have confirmed a relatively bright X-ray source, whose
position could be determined to an accuracy of 1.6 arcsec (90%) due to the
presence of a nearby, X-ray detected bright star. Deep Keck R- and B-band
images of the field were taken, but the refined X-ray error circle remains
empty to a limiting magnitude B ~ 26m. With an X-ray to optical flux ratio of
log (f_X/f_opt)>4.1 this object is almost certainly an isolated neutron star,
similar to the two so far best-known examples RX J1856.4-3754 and RX
J0720.4-3125. We discuss limits on the number of similar objects in the RBS
catalogue.
