ToO Information

Request ID: 40215
Request Type: NEW
ToO Urgency: ONE MONTH OR LONGER
Proposal ID:

Target Info

Target Name: GJ 1243
Target No.: 5224
Category: STARS/CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES/OTHER GALACTIC SOURCES
Coordinates[J2000]: (297.78884, 46.48339)
Exp (ks): 40
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: 2021-08-08 12:00 UTC
End: 2021-08-20 12:00 UTC
Remarks: These are approximate times spanning Aug 8 12:00 UTC through Aug 20 12:00 UTC. We are currently planning the Swift observations with the operations team.

ToO: Y
Coordinate Observation: Y

Observatory: TRANSITING EXOPLANET SURVEYING SATELLITE (TESS) AND THE NEIL GEHRELS SWIFT OBSERVATORY (SWIFT).
Description: This NICER request is to be in coordination with simultaneous Swift and TESS flare monitoring of the target, GJ 1243. Swift will perform ~40 ksec of UVOT flare monitoring of GJ 1243 on approximately Aug 8 through Aug 20th 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): 0.500

Requester Information

Name: DR. TERESA MONSUE

Status

Request Date (UTC): 2021-07-09 16:26:19
Disposition: Rejected

Date: 2021-07-21 22:04:56.773886
Reason: Resubmitted as #40222 with updated coordination timing
Person:

Status: Withdrawn

Date: 2021-07-21 22:04:56.773886
Person:

Misc

Note:

Target Details

Nearest Target No: 5224
Nearest Taget Name: GJ_1243
Separation (arcmin): 0.0002
Nearby Target (<3.0'): 5224[GJ_1243]
Referenced Target Catalogue: NICER2_Xray_Target_List_V27u.csv
Sun Angle: 112.8 deg at 2021:200:21:01:26 (UTC), 114.5 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