ToO Information

Request ID: 43193
Request Type: NEW
ToO Urgency: NEXT DAY
Proposal ID:

Target Info

Target Name: GRS 1758-258
Target No.: 2282
Category: X-RAY BINARIES
Coordinates[J2000]: (270.30167, -25.74336)
Exp (ks): 10
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: 2022-07-28 13:31 UTC
End: 2022-07-29 14:37 UTC
Remarks: The above-mentioned duration is the range of the scheduled AstroSat observation. We wish to have exact simultaneous exposures of NICER and AstroSat LAXPC. The allotted exposure with AstroSat LAXPC is 45 ks, and we wish for a simultaneous exposure with NICER as it will be interesting to probe the timing features of the QPO typically observed in this source in a wide energy range (0.1-80 keV).
ToO: Y
Coordinate Observation: Y
Observatory: ASTROSAT
Description: The allotted observation with AstroSat will have an offset pointing by 0.5 degrees to mitigate the contamination of a nearby bright source GX 5-1. The FOV of NICER is smaller than the angular separation of the sources, and a direct pointing of NICER will avoid contamination. Due to offset, simultaneous SXT observation will not be possible and thus NICER will also constrain the soft X-ray spectrum
Uninterrupted: N
Justification:
Estimated Count Rate (cts s-1): 72.000

Requester Information

Name: DR. YASH DILIP BHARGAVA

Status

Request Date (UTC): 2022-07-27 13:27:56
Disposition: Accepted
Date: 2022-08-02 15:18:10.536219
Reason:
Person:
Status: Complete
Date: 2022-08-02 15:18:10.536219
Person:

Misc

Note:

Target Details

Nearest Target No: 2282
Nearest Taget Name: GRS_1758-258
Separation (arcmin): 0.0000
Nearby Target (<3.0'): 2282[GRS_1758-258]
Referenced Target Catalogue: NICER2_Xray_Target_List_V32v.csv.gz
Sun Angle: 140.8 deg at 2022:213:23:12:06 (UTC), 127.5 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