ToO Information
Request ID: 40475
Request Type: NEW
ToO Urgency: WITHIN A WEEK
Proposal ID: 4090
Target Info
Target Name: GX 339-4
Target No.: 6653
Category: X-RAY BINARIES
Coordinates[J2000]: (255.70567, -48.78967)
Exp (ks): 3
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: 2021-10-12 18:00 UTC
End: 2021-10-12 20:00 UTC
Remarks: This is to correlate with planned optical observations by the 1.9m telescope at the SAAO, South Africa, which will be observing in this time range. In specific, we request these times from the enhanced visibility tool: 2021-10-12 17:49:20 | 2021-10-12 18:11:40 | 1340s 2021-10-12 19:22:20 | 2021-10-12 19:44:40 | 1340s
ToO: Y
Coordinate Observation: Y
Observatory: SAAO, SOUTH AFRICA
Description: 1.9m/HIPPO (Fast-timing optical and polarimetric observations). Optical observation is expected to be continuous over the period 59499.750 -- 59499.833.
Uninterrupted: N
Justification:
Estimated Count Rate (cts s-1): 369.000
Requester Information
Name: DR. JOHN ALEXANDER PAICE
Status
Request Date (UTC): 2021-10-08 15:07:45
Disposition: GO-preapproved
Date: 2021-10-08 17:37:59.974710
Reason:
Person:
Status: Complete
Date: 2021-10-28 15:34:23.743796
Person:
Misc
Note:
Target Details
Nearest Target No: 2080
Nearest Taget Name: GX_339-4
Separation (arcmin): 0.0000
Nearby Target (<3.0'): 2080[GX_339-4],6281[GX_339-4],6282[GX_339-4],6365[GX_339-4],6586[GX_339-4],6650[GX_339-4],6653[GX_339-4],6673[GX_339-4]
Referenced Target Catalogue: NICER2_Xray_Target_List_V29g.csv
Sun Angle: 50.8 deg at 2021:300:18:06:37 (UTC), 39.8 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 |