ToO Information

Request ID: 43243
Request Type: NEW
ToO Urgency: WITHIN A WEEK
Proposal ID: 5105

Target Info

Target Name: GX 339-4
Target No.: 6792
Category: X-RAY BINARIES
Coordinates[J2000]: (255.70567, -48.78967)
Exp (ks): 1
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: 2022-09-09 18:59 UTC
End: 2022-09-09 20:12 UTC
Remarks: These times should capture at least one window that NICER can see. An observation in this time is strict, as that is when SALT will be observing.
ToO: Y
Coordinate Observation: Y
Observatory: SALT
Description: South African Large Telescope at the SAAO.
Uninterrupted: N
Justification:
Estimated Count Rate (cts s-1): 117.000

Requester Information

Name: DR. JOHN ALEXANDER PAICE

Status

Request Date (UTC): 2022-09-06 12:41:19
Disposition: GO-preapproved
Date:
Reason:
Person:
Status: Complete
Date: 2022-09-15 19:18:27.552368
Person:

Misc

Note:

Target Details

Nearest Target No: 2080
Nearest Taget Name: GX_339-4
Separation (arcmin): 0.0000
Nearby Target (<3.0'): 2080[GX_339-4],6586[GX_339-4],6650[GX_339-4],6653[GX_339-4],6673[GX_339-4],6674[GX_339-4],6791[GX_339-4],6792[GX_339-4],6871[GX_339-4]
Referenced Target Catalogue: /Home/eud/nicerweb/too/ags/NICER2_Xray_Target_List_V33l.csv.gz
Sun Angle: 94.4 deg at 2022:250:15:17:11 (UTC), 82.2 deg after 2 weeks

Planned Observations

AGS6 Reference: AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20222491400_20222570100_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20222501400_20222631200_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20222511000_20222651200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20222521600_20222671200_V03.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20222561400_20222641200_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20222571500_20222721200_V02.txt.gz
Planned Snapshots:

Observation Start Observation End Span Mode Observation ID
(YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (seconds) Man/Opt
2022-252T19:30:00 2022-252T19:42:20 740 Mandatory 56050301
2022-253T00:08:40 2022-253T00:22:00 800 Mandatory 56050302
2022-253T01:41:26 2022-253T01:55:20 834 Mandatory 56050302
2022-253T03:14:20 2022-253T03:28:20 840 Mandatory 56050302

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