ToO Information

Request ID: 37299
Request Type: NEW
ToO Urgency: WITHIN A WEEK
Proposal ID:

Target Info

Target Name: 1A 0535+262
Target No.: 5035
Category: X-RAY BINARIES
Coordinates[J2000]: (84.72500, 26.31700)
Exp (ks): 15
Extended: N

Extent Size:

Background Restriction: N

Remarks:

Constraint Details

Monitor: Y

Criteria: We like to monitor the source evolution along with approved NuSTAR and AstroSAT. Though these are pointed observations for 30 and 50 ks, respectively. We request to continue the source monitoring during the 2020 November outburst at various epochs as much as possible with NICER.

Phase Dependent: N

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Specific Time: Y

Start: 2020-11-11 08:10 UTC
End: 2020-11-12 01:41 UTC
Remarks: The above range is the expected times of our coordinated observation with NuSTAR observation.

ToO: Y
Coordinate Observation: Y

Observatory: NuSTAR
Description: NuSTAR is planned to monitor the source with start and stops times 2020:316:08:10:00 and 2020:317:01:35:00. This observation is for a 30 ks under accepted ToO.

Uninterrupted: N

Justification:

Estimated Count Rate (cts s-1): 950.000

Requester Information

Name: DR. GAURAVA KUMAR JAISAWAL

Status

Request Date (UTC): 2020-11-09 21:09:29
Disposition: Accepted

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Status: Complete

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Misc

Note: Monitor the source evolution along with approved NuSTAR and AstroSAT. (NuSTAR times are 2020:316:08:10:00 to 2020:317:01:35:00) Then continue throughout the outburst.

Target Details

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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