ToO Information

Request ID: 40227
Request Type: NEW
ToO Urgency: WITHIN A WEEK
Proposal ID:

Target Info

Target Name: FRB 20201124A
Target No.: 5221
Category: MAGNETARS
Coordinates[J2000]: (77.01250, 26.06100)
Exp (ks): 20
Extended: N
Extent Size:
Background Restriction: N
Remarks:

Constraint Details

Monitor: Y
Criteria: Simultaneously observation of NICER with Apertif Radio telescope. We will work with the Apertif and the NICER teams to schedule the exact ephemeris of the simultaneous observations.
Phase Dependent: N
Epoch:
Period:
Min:
Max:
Remarks:
Specific Time: Y
Start: 2021-08-12 12:00 UTC
End: 2021-08-16 12:00 UTC
Remarks: Simultaneous with Apertif Radio telescope
ToO: Y
Coordinate Observation: Y
Observatory: APERTIF RADIO OBSERVATORY
Description: We want to be as simultaneous as possible with the Apertif observations, to obtain X-ray observations during the Radio bursts detected by Apertif.
Uninterrupted: N
Justification:
Estimated Count Rate (cts s-1): 2.000

Requester Information

Name: DR. SIBASISH LAHA

Status

Request Date (UTC): 2021-08-03 17:49:03
Disposition: Accepted
Date: 2021-08-09 16:15:34.317284
Reason:
Person:
Status: Complete
Date: 2021-08-16 18:42:05.535748
Person:

Misc

Note:

Target Details

Nearest Target No: 5221
Nearest Taget Name: FRB_20201124A
Separation (arcmin): 0.1137
Nearby Target (<3.0'): 5221[FRB_20201124A]
Referenced Target Catalogue: NICER2_Xray_Target_List_V27w.csv
Sun Angle: 61.8 deg at 2021:224:22:21:20 (UTC), 75.3 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