ToO Information

Request ID: 41886
Request Type: NEW
ToO Urgency: WITHIN A WEEK
Proposal ID:

Target Info

Target Name: 4U 1636-536
Target No.: 2030
Category: X-RAY BINARIES
Coordinates[J2000]: (250.23166, -53.75137)
Exp (ks): 2
Extended: N
Extent Size:
Background Restriction: N
Remarks:

Constraint Details

Monitor: N
Criteria:
Phase Dependent: N
Epoch:
Period:
Min:
Max:
Remarks:
Specific Time: N
Start:
End:
Remarks:
ToO: Y
Coordinate Observation: Y
Observatory: VERY LARGE TELESCOPE / X-SHOOTER
Description: The VLT observation has taken place yesterday (March 2nd, 2022). We request follow up within the next week to ensure the source resides in the same state during the VLT and NICER observations.
Uninterrupted: N
Justification:
Estimated Count Rate (cts s-1): 225.000

Requester Information

Name: DR. JAKOB VAN DEN EIJNDEN

Status

Request Date (UTC): 2022-03-03 13:25:25
Disposition: Accepted
Date: 2022-03-15 15:11:48.830701
Reason:
Person:
Status: Complete
Date: 2022-03-15 15:11:48.830701
Person:

Misc

Note:

Target Details

Nearest Target No: 2030
Nearest Taget Name: 4U_1636-536
Separation (arcmin): 0.0146
Nearby Target (<3.0'): 2030[4U_1636-536]
Referenced Target Catalogue: NICER2_Xray_Target_List_V31i.csv
Sun Angle: 96.6 deg at 2022:074:02:31:34 (UTC), 108.3 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