ToO Information

Request ID: 40225
Request Type: NEW
ToO Urgency: WITHIN A WEEK
Proposal ID:

Target Info

Target Name: MAXI J0903-531
Target No.: 5209
Category: X-RAY BINARIES
Coordinates[J2000]: (136.27866, -53.50518)
Exp (ks): 14
Extended: N
Extent Size:
Background Restriction: N
Remarks:

Constraint Details

Monitor: Y
Criteria: We request a daily monitoring of 2 kilosec, starting from 3rd August (MJD 59429) to 10th August (MJD 59436). If the source goes into an outburst, we wish to continue additional daily monitoring of 2 kilosec for the duration of the outburst.
Phase Dependent: N
Epoch:
Period:
Min:
Max:
Remarks:
Specific Time: Y
Start: 2021-08-03 00:00 UTC
End: 2021-08-10 00:00 UTC
Remarks: The proposed observations are requested during the periastron passage of the source. There is a few days uncertainty in the periastron passage, hence the time range.
ToO: Y
Coordinate Observation: N
Observatory:
Description:
Uninterrupted: N
Justification:
Estimated Count Rate (cts s-1): 19.600

Requester Information

Name: DR. NAZMA ISLAM

Status

Request Date (UTC): 2021-07-29 15:01:53
Disposition: Accepted
Date: 2021-08-04 14:33:18.439334
Reason:
Person:
Status: Complete
Date: 2021-08-26 18:45:06.130067
Person:

Misc

Note:

Target Details

Nearest Target No: 5209
Nearest Taget Name: MAXI_J0903-531
Separation (arcmin): 0.0000
Nearby Target (<3.0'): 5209[MAXI_J0903-531]
Referenced Target Catalogue: NICER2_Xray_Target_List_V27w.csv
Sun Angle: 66.0 deg at 2021:237:04:35:51 (UTC), 64.5 deg after 2 weeks

Planned Observations

AGS6 Reference:
Planned Snapshots:

Observation Start Observation End Span Mode Observation ID
(YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (seconds) Man/Opt

Visibility

AGS3 Reference:
Visibility Report:

Target Name Target ID Visibility Start Visibility End Span Initial Final Relative
(YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (seconds) Interference Interference Orbits