ToO Information

Request ID: 45570
Request Type: NEW
ToO Urgency: NEXT DAY
Proposal ID:

Target Info

Target Name: 4U 0115+63
Target No.: 5369
Category: X-RAY BINARIES
Coordinates[J2000]: (19.63321, 63.74252)
Exp (ks): 25
Extended: N
Extent Size:
Background Restriction: N
Remarks:

Constraint Details

Monitor: Y
Criteria: We are request ten 2.5 ks observations every day for ten days to follow the evolution of the spectrum and pulse profiles of the outburst
Phase Dependent: N
Epoch:
Period:
Min:
Max:
Remarks:
Specific Time: N
Start:
End:
Remarks:
ToO: Y
Coordinate Observation: Y
Observatory: NUSTAR
Description: We were recently granted a 20 ks NuSTAR DDT observation of 4U 0115+63 and request one of the NICER observations to be simultaneous.
Uninterrupted: N
Justification:
Estimated Count Rate (cts s-1): 355.000

Requester Information

Name: DR. JOEL BARRY COLEY

Status

Request Date (UTC): 2023-04-04 19:13:40
Disposition: Accepted
Date: 2023-04-04T19:55:08
Reason:
Person: Auto
Status: Complete
Date: 2023-04-19 20:43:14.434001
Person:

Misc

Note:

Target Details

Nearest Target No: 5369
Nearest Taget Name: 4U_0115+63
Separation (arcmin): 0.0006
Nearby Target (<3.0'): 5369[4U_0115+63]
Referenced Target Catalogue: /Home/eud/nicerweb/too/ags/NICER2_Xray_Target_List_V35p.csv.gz
Sun Angle: 55.0 deg at 2023:102:20:32:06 (UTC), 51.2 deg after 2 weeks

Planned Observations

AGS6 Reference: AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230941800_20231050000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230961830_20231070000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20231011200_20231121200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20231012000_20231151200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20231022000_20231171200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20231031600_20231151200_V03.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20231041700_20231191200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20231081200_20231181200_V02.txt.gz
Planned Snapshots:

Observation Start Observation End Span Mode Observation ID
(YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (seconds) Man/Opt
2023-095T00:39:33 2023-095T00:57:00 1047 Mandatory 99999999
2023-095T11:20:45 2023-095T11:47:20 1595 Mandatory 99999999
2023-095T22:07:09 2023-095T22:23:41 992 Mandatory 99999999
2023-096T05:50:44 2023-096T06:09:40 1136 Mandatory 99999999
2023-096T13:45:59 2023-096T14:04:40 1121 Mandatory 99999999
2023-096T23:03:18 2023-096T23:22:20 1142 Mandatory 99999999
2023-097T06:51:15 2023-097T07:06:40 925 Mandatory 99999999
2023-097T13:02:55 2023-097T13:18:20 925 Mandatory 99999999
2023-097T22:12:20 2023-097T22:35:40 1400 Mandatory 99999999
2023-098T02:46:05 2023-098T03:13:20 1635 Mandatory 99999999
2023-098T09:10:52 2023-098T09:26:00 908 Mandatory 99999999
2023-098T16:55:31 2023-098T17:10:20 889 Mandatory 99999999
2023-099T02:06:09 2023-099T02:28:00 1311 Mandatory 99999999
2023-099T09:32:20 2023-099T10:12:20 2400 Mandatory 99999999
2023-099T17:36:30 2023-099T17:57:00 1230 Mandatory 99999999
2023-100T01:05:36 2023-100T01:36:30 1854 Mandatory 99999999
2023-100T02:53:50 2023-100T03:13:15 1165 Mandatory 99999999
2023-101T00:15:00 2023-101T00:55:00 2400 Mandatory 99999999
2023-101T02:07:30 2023-101T02:27:40 1210 Mandatory 99999999
2023-102T16:46:26 2023-102T17:10:00 1414 Mandatory 99999999
2023-102T18:03:20 2023-102T18:43:00 2380 Mandatory 99999999
2023-103T02:02:40 2023-103T02:26:19 1419 Mandatory 99999999
2023-103T03:35:03 2023-103T03:49:02 838 Mandatory 99999999
2023-103T05:16:22 2023-103T05:28:48 746 Mandatory 99999999
2023-104T02:46:16 2023-104T03:08:40 1344 Mandatory 99999999
2023-104T10:24:53 2023-104T10:58:20 2007 Mandatory 99999999
2023-105T09:36:07 2023-105T10:11:40 2133 Mandatory 99999999
2023-106T08:45:00 2023-106T09:24:40 2380 Mandatory 99999999
2023-107T14:12:20 2023-107T14:49:20 2220 Mandatory 99999999
2023-108T04:07:59 2023-108T04:45:20 2241 Mandatory 99999999
2023-109T00:13:20 2023-109T00:44:07 1847 Mandatory 99999999
2023-109T21:55:58 2023-109T22:33:20 2242 Mandatory 99999999
2023-111T00:15:58 2023-111T00:52:00 2162 Mandatory 99999999

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