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 |