ToO Information

Request ID: 40711
Request Type: NEW
ToO Urgency: NEXT BUSINESS DAY
Proposal ID:

Target Info

Target Name: AQL X-1
Target No.: 2590
Category: X-RAY BINARIES
Coordinates[J2000]: (287.81683, 0.58498)
Exp (ks): 20
Extended: N
Extent Size:
Background Restriction: N
Remarks:

Constraint Details

Monitor: Y
Criteria: Historical outbursts of Aql X-1 lasted for 20-30 days. Consecutive observations of our program will be separated by 2 days. So, our proposed observations will be able to cover the whole outburst assuming the new outburst will have the same length.
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): 65.000

Requester Information

Name: DR. JIACHEN JIANG

Status

Request Date (UTC): 2021-11-20 09:07:32
Disposition: Accepted
Date: 2021-11-22 16:39:24.893215
Reason:
Person:
Status: Complete
Date: 2022-01-13 22:44:24.862391
Person:

Misc

Note:

Target Details

Nearest Target No: 6319
Nearest Taget Name: Aql_X-1
Separation (arcmin): 0.0034
Nearby Target (<3.0'): 2590[Aql_X-1],6318[Aql_X-1],6319[Aql_X-1],6628[Aql_X-1]
Referenced Target Catalogue: NICER2_Xray_Target_List_V29t.csv
Sun Angle: 23.1 deg at 2022:013:20:10:43 (UTC), 28.9 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