ToO Information

Request ID: 40710
Request Type: NEW
ToO Urgency: NEXT BUSINESS DAY
Proposal ID:

Target Info

Target Name: SXP 15.6
Target No.: 5240
Category: X-RAY BINARIES
Coordinates[J2000]: (12.22890, -73.82930)
Exp (ks): 20
Extended: N
Extent Size:
Background Restriction: N
Remarks:

Constraint Details

Monitor: Y
Criteria: We wish to monitor the outburst until it fades. We ask for 10 2ks exposures every 2 days to monitor the pulse and flux evolution.
Phase Dependent: N
Epoch:
Period:
Min:
Max:
Remarks:
Specific Time: N
Start:
End:
Remarks:
ToO: Y
Coordinate Observation: N
Observatory:
Description:
Uninterrupted: N
Justification:
Estimated Count Rate (cts s-1): 8.600

Requester Information

Name: DR. JAMIE ALEXANDER KENNEA

Status

Request Date (UTC): 2021-11-19 21:39:06
Disposition: Accepted
Date: 2021-11-20 12:17:40.046323
Reason:
Person:
Status: Complete
Date: 2022-01-13 22:44:17.579725
Person:

Misc

Note:

Target Details

Nearest Target No: 5240
Nearest Taget Name: SXP15.6
Separation (arcmin): 0.0298
Nearby Target (<3.0'): 5240[SXP15.6]
Referenced Target Catalogue: NICER2_Xray_Target_List_V29t.csv
Sun Angle: 65.9 deg at 2022:013:20:10:42 (UTC), 64.8 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