ToO Information

Request ID: 34163
Request Type: NEW
ToO Urgency: WITHIN A WEEK
Proposal ID:

Target Info

Target Name: CYGNUS X-3
Target No.: 2710
Category: BLACK HOLES
Coordinates[J2000]: (308.10742, 40.95775)
Exp (ks): 15
Extended: N
Extent Size:
Background Restriction: N
Remarks:

Constraint Details

Monitor: N
Criteria:
Phase Dependent: N
Epoch:
Period:
Min:
Max:
Remarks:
Specific Time: Y
Start: 58776.000
End: 58802.000
Remarks: The exact date has yet to set. Our team will work the various observatories to determine the optimal date. The time range during which the observations will be performed is 05:00-09:00UT plus or minus an hour.
ToO: Y
Coordinate Observation: Y
Observatory: VLA, SMA, JCMT
Description: Our group have the approved ToOs for these observations from these observatories. If this ToO is approved with NICER we will put the NICER schedulers into contact with the schedulers of the other observatories.
Uninterrupted: N
Justification:
Estimated Count Rate (cts s-1): 146.600

Requester Information

Name: DR. MICHAEL L. MCCOLLOUGH

Status

Request Date (UTC): 2019-10-11 16:18:28
Disposition: Accepted
Date:
Reason:
Person:
Status: Unable to Execute
Date:
Person:

Misc

Note: Needs confirmation if approved so that we can coordinate observations. DOY 290-299. Never executed.

Target Details

Nearest Target No:
Nearest Taget Name:
Separation (arcmin):
Nearby Target (<3.0'):
Referenced Target Catalogue:
Sun Angle: No Data

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