ToO Information

Request ID: 42817
Request Type: NEW
ToO Urgency: WITHIN A WEEK
Proposal ID:

Target Info

Target Name: GX 349+2
Target No.: 2084
Category: X-RAY BINARIES
Coordinates[J2000]: (256.43538, -36.42307)
Exp (ks): 5
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: VLT
Description: VLT observations are dynamically scheduled. We just received notification that our target was observed with the VLT today (May 7th, 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): 1100.000

Requester Information

Name: DR. NATHALIE DEGENAAR

Status

Request Date (UTC): 2022-05-07 08:21:51
Disposition: Accepted
Date: 2022-06-08 20:01:10.606790
Reason:
Person:
Status: Complete
Date: 2022-06-08 20:01:10.606790
Person:

Misc

Note:

Target Details

Nearest Target No: 2084
Nearest Taget Name: GX_349+2
Separation (arcmin): 0.0020
Nearby Target (<3.0'): 2084[GX_349+2]
Referenced Target Catalogue: NICER2_Xray_Target_List_V31s.csv
Sun Angle: 166.4 deg at 2022:159:17:26:36 (UTC), 161.9 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