ToO Information
Request ID: 48407
Request Type: NEW
ToO Urgency: WITHIN A WEEK
Proposal ID:
Target Info
Target Name: 4U 1210-64
Target No.:
Category: X-RAY BINARIES
Coordinates[J2000]: (183.31167, -64.87528)
Exp (ks): 14
Extended: N
Extent Size:
Background Restriction: N
Remarks:
Constraint Details
Monitor: Y
Criteria: We aim our NICER observations to span two 6.7 day binary orbits of 4U 1210-64 to search for cycle-to-cycle variations and to place the XMM+NuSTAR observations in context.
Phase Dependent: N
Epoch:
Period:
Min:
Max:
Remarks:
Specific Time: Y
Start: 2023-12-25 00:00 UTC
End: 2024-01-08 00:00 UTC
Remarks: The orbital period of 4U 1210-64 is 6.7 days so seven 2 ks observations spaced every other days will cover just over two orbital cycles.
ToO: Y
Coordinate Observation: PREFERRED
Observatory: NUSTAR AND XMM-NEWTON
Description: While XMM and NuSTAR will simultaneously observe 4U 1210-64 on Dec 30 (MJD 60308.2-60308.8), it is not fully necessary for NICER to overlap in time. This request will place our guaranteed observations in context along the binary orbit
Uninterrupted: N
Justification:
Estimated Count Rate (cts s-1): 40.000
Requester Information
Name: DR. JOEL BARRY COLEY
Status
Request Date (UTC): 2023-12-21 16:25:11
Disposition: Rejected
Date: 2023-12-21 17:17:55.882282
Reason: Bad visibility
Person:
Status: Unable to Execute
Date: 2023-12-21 17:17:55.882282
Person:
Misc
Note:
Target Details
Nearest Target No: 5076
Nearest Taget Name: 4U_1210-64
Separation (arcmin): 2.7088
Nearby Target (<3.0'): 5076[4U_1210-64]
Referenced Target Catalogue: /Home/eud/nicerweb/too/ags/NICER2_Xray_Target_List_V37u.csv.gz
Sun Angle: 67.1 deg at 2023:355:16:26:00 (UTC), 74.1 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 |
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Visibility
AGS3 Reference:
Visibility Report:
| Target Name |
Target ID |
Visibility Start |
Visibility End |
Span |
Initial |
Final |
Relative |
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(YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) |
(YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) |
(seconds) |
Interference |
Interference |
Orbits |