ToO Information

Request ID: 48751
Request Type: NEW
ToO Urgency: WITHIN A WEEK
Proposal ID: 7208

Target Info

Target Name: SWIFT J1727.8-1613
Target No.: 5394
Category: X-RAY BINARIES
Coordinates[J2000]: (261.94170, -16.21470)
Exp (ks): 9
Extended: N
Extent Size:
Background Restriction: N
Remarks:

Constraint Details

Monitor: Y
Criteria: It would be ideal to split the NICER observations in 4 exposures, two of each covering the first and the second IXPE observation (preferentially at the beginning and toward the end of each exposure].
Phase Dependent: N
Epoch:
Period:
Min:
Max:
Remarks:
Specific Time: N
Start:
End:
Remarks:
ToO: Y
Coordinate Observation: Y
Observatory: IXPE
Description: The IXPE observation is split in two: 1) starting on 2024-02-11T06 and lasting ~ 100 ks, and 2)on 2024-02-20T00 lasting ~ 130 ks.
Uninterrupted: N
Justification:
Estimated Count Rate (cts s-1): 9500.000

Requester Information

Name: DR. JIRI SVOBODA

Status

Request Date (UTC): 2024-02-07 17:18:22
Disposition: GO-preapproved
Date: 2024-02-22 16:34:38.085920
Reason:
Person:
Status: Complete
Date: 2024-02-22 16:34:38.085920
Person:

Misc

Note:

Target Details

Nearest Target No: 5394
Nearest Taget Name: Swift_J1727.8-1613
Separation (arcmin): 0.8526
Nearby Target (<3.0'): 5394[Swift_J1727.8-1613],7098[Swift_J1727.8-1613],7116[Swift_J1727.8-1613],7117[Swift_J1727.8-1613],7119[Swift_J1727.8-1613],7150[Swift_J1727.8-1613],7370[Swift_J1727.8-1613],7371[Swift_J1727.8-1613],7372[Swift_J1727.8-1613]
Referenced Target Catalogue: /Home/eud/nicerweb/too/ags/NICER2_Xray_Target_List_V38h.csv.gz
Sun Angle: 70.3 deg at 2024:052:19:42:48 (UTC), 84.2 deg after 2 weeks

Planned Observations

AGS6 Reference: AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240401500_20240500000_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240441500_20240551200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240431500_20240551200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240451800_20240560000_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240471200_20240580000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240471800_20240580000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240501700_20240651200_V05.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240521200_20240620000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240521800_20240630000_V01.txt.gz
Planned Snapshots:

Observation Start Observation End Span Mode Observation ID
(YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (seconds) Man/Opt

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