  Chandra observations of the nearby, Lyman-continuum (LyC) emitting galaxy Tol
1247-232 resolve the X-ray emission and show that it is dominated by a
point-like source with a hard spectrum ($\Gamma = 1.6 \pm 0.5$) and a high
luminosity ($(9 \pm 2) \times 10^{40} \rm \, erg \, s^{-1}$). Comparison with
an earlier XMM-Newton observation shows flux variation of a factor of 2. Hence
the X-ray emission likely arises from an accreting X-ray source: a
low-luminosity AGN or one or a few X-ray binaries. The Chandra X-ray source is
similar to the point-like, hard spectrum ($\Gamma = 1.2 \pm 0.2$), high
luminosity ($10^{41} \rm \, erg \, s^{-1}$) source seen in Haro 11, which is
the only other confirmed LyC-emitting galaxy that has been resolved in X-rays.
We discuss the possibility that accreting X-ray sources contribute to LyC
escape.

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena;Astrophysics of Galaxies