ToO Information

Request ID: 37272
Request Type: NEW
ToO Urgency: WITHIN A WEEK
Proposal ID:

Target Info

Target Name: YZ CETI
Target No.: 6206
Category: STARS/CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES/OTHER GALACTIC SOURCES
Coordinates[J2000]: (18.13483, -16.99536)
Exp (ks): 12
Extended: N

Extent Size:

Background Restriction: N

Remarks:

Constraint Details

Monitor: Y

Criteria: As a continuation of the already planned NICER flare monitoring of YZ Ceti, tentatively scheduled for Oct 17 and 18, and in coordination with Swift UVOT and TESS monitoring in the same observation window.

Phase Dependent: N

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Specific Time: Y

Start: 2020-10-17 00:00 UTC
End: 2020-10-18 23:59 UTC
Remarks: These are approximate times spanning Oct 17 00:00 through Oct 18 23:59 UTC. We are currently planning the Swift observations with the operations team and these times may need to be updated once the Swift observing window is confirmed.

ToO: Y
Coordinate Observation: Y

Observatory: TESS & Swift
Description: This NICER request is to be in coordination with simultaneous Swift and TESS flare monitoring of the target, YZ Ceti. Swift will perform ~20 ksec of UVOT flare monitoring of YZ Cet on approximately Oct 17 and 18 while TESS observes in the optical at 20-sec cadence. These NICER observations are to be in coordination with the Swift and TESS observing window.

Uninterrupted: N

Justification:

Estimated Count Rate (cts s-1): 0.100

Requester Information

Name: DR. JOSHUA E SCHLIEDER

Status

Request Date (UTC): 2020-10-07 13:20:10
Disposition: Accepted

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Status: Complete

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Misc

Note: Flare monitoring simultaneous with Swift & TESS on Oct 17-18

Target Details

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Sun Angle: No Data

Planned Observations

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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