ToO Information

Request ID: 48405
Request Type: NEW
ToO Urgency: NEXT BUSINESS DAY
Proposal ID:

Target Info

Target Name: CRAB NEBULA
Target No.: 20
Category: MAGNETARS AND ROTATION-POWERED PULSARS
Coordinates[J2000]: (83.63321, 22.01447)
Exp (ks): 6
Extended: N
Extent Size:
Background Restriction: N
Remarks:

Constraint Details

Monitor: Y
Criteria: The exposure time for a single observation proposed is 300 seconds. We aim to 20 single visits/observations of 300s each, with the following schedule (this is not strict, can be adjusted and better adapted by the Nicer ops team): 300sec observation each at day 1, day 1 (two repeated on the first day), day 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 27, 33, 38, 45.
Phase Dependent: N
Epoch:
Period:
Min:
Max:
Remarks:
Specific Time: N
Start:
End:
Remarks:
ToO: Y
Coordinate Observation: N
Observatory:
Description:
Uninterrupted: N
Justification:
Estimated Count Rate (cts s-1): 14000.000

Requester Information

Name: DR. STEFANO CIPRINI

Status

Request Date (UTC): 2023-12-21 11:14:43
Disposition: Accepted
Date: 2023-12-21T18:05:07
Reason:
Person: Auto
Status: Complete
Date: 2024-02-09 15:26:11.753525
Person:

Misc

Note:

Target Details

Nearest Target No: 6526
Nearest Taget Name: Crab_Nebula
Separation (arcmin): 0.0042
Nearby Target (<3.0'): 20[PSR_B0531+21],460[PSR_B0531_off_1p47amin],6525[PSR_B0531+21],6526[Crab_Nebula]
Referenced Target Catalogue: /Home/eud/nicerweb/too/ags/NICER2_Xray_Target_List_V37u.csv.gz
Sun Angle: 129.2 deg at 2024:035:13:47:04 (UTC), 115.0 deg after 2 weeks

Planned Observations

AGS6 Reference: AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20233551700_20240022359_V04.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20233561700_20240061541_V03.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20233561700_20240061541_V04.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20233601800_20240061541_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20233621100_20240111200_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240011400_20240160000_V04.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240021800_20240160000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240031800_20240181200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240041800_20240181200_V04.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240051800_20240201200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240081900_20240231200_V05.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240102100_20240251200_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240111300_20240251200_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240152300_20240301200_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240181400_20240321200_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240191800_20240311200_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240221600_20240341200_V07.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240252000_20240391200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240261800_20240411200_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240291600_20240441200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240312200_20240441200_V04.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240321700_20240430000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240331600_20240450000_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240351300_20240450000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240351300_20240450000_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240361600_20240460000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240372000_20240460000_V01.txt.gz
Planned Snapshots:

Observation Start Observation End Span Mode Observation ID
(YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (seconds) Man/Opt
2023-355T18:09:37 2023-355T18:16:20 403 Mandatory 99999999
2023-355T22:39:32 2023-355T22:47:27 475 Mandatory 99999999
2023-356T15:36:56 2023-356T15:48:00 664 Mandatory 99999999
2023-357T17:56:33 2023-357T18:08:40 727 Mandatory 99999999
2023-358T23:15:07 2023-358T23:20:00 293 Mandatory 99999999
2023-359T02:20:48 2023-359T02:25:40 292 Mandatory 99999999
2023-361T13:13:27 2023-361T13:18:15 288 Mandatory 99999999
2023-361T21:08:21 2023-361T21:24:00 939 Mandatory 99999999
2023-362T17:06:27 2023-362T17:32:00 1533 Mandatory 99999999
2023-363T19:35:22 2023-363T19:51:20 958 Mandatory 99999999
2023-364T21:35:06 2023-364T21:47:40 754 Mandatory 99999999
2023-365T23:54:53 2024-001T00:05:20 627 Mandatory 99999999
2024-001T03:00:18 2024-001T03:11:00 642 Mandatory 99999999
2024-002T02:14:03 2024-002T02:23:40 577 Mandatory 99999999
2024-003T01:25:20 2024-003T01:37:00 700 Mandatory 99999999
2024-004T09:56:00 2024-004T10:07:40 700 Mandatory 99999999
2024-007T01:25:00 2024-007T01:37:40 760 Mandatory 99999999
2024-009T23:06:00 2024-009T23:14:00 480 Mandatory 99999999
2024-013T02:59:00 2024-013T03:09:20 620 Mandatory 99999999
2024-016T22:24:39 2024-016T22:45:20 1241 Mandatory 99999999
2024-018T13:08:23 2024-018T13:15:20 417 Mandatory 99999999
2024-021T01:32:40 2024-021T01:42:00 560 Mandatory 99999999
2024-023T18:35:40 2024-023T18:46:20 640 Mandatory 99999999
2024-027T10:51:00 2024-027T11:03:00 720 Mandatory 99999999
2024-027T12:24:00 2024-027T12:36:00 720 Mandatory 99999999
2024-027T17:02:40 2024-027T17:14:40 720 Mandatory 99999999
2024-033T12:26:40 2024-033T12:35:20 520 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