ToO Information

Request ID: 48956
Request Type: NEW
ToO Urgency: WITHIN A WEEK
Proposal ID:

Target Info

Target Name: PSR J1023+0038
Target No.: 1510
Category: X-RAY BINARIES
Coordinates[J2000]: (155.94868, 0.64472)
Exp (ks): 6
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: 2024-03-12 21:43 UTC
End: 2024-03-13 04:11 UTC
Remarks: The GTC observations are scheduled in the time window between March 12th at 21 UT and March 13 at 4 UT. Based on the enhanced NICER Visibility Tool, the target is visible with NICER for a total of 5840 s starting on 2024-03-12 21:43:20 UTC and ending on 2024-03-13 04:11:40 UTC.
ToO: Y
Coordinate Observation: Y
Observatory: GTC
Description: High-time resolution spectroscopic observations.
Uninterrupted: N
Justification:
Estimated Count Rate (cts s-1): 5.000

Requester Information

Name: DR. FRANCESCO COTI ZELATI

Status

Request Date (UTC): 2024-03-01 08:59:49
Disposition: Accepted
Date: 2024-03-07T22:30:08
Reason:
Person: Auto
Status: Complete
Date: 2024-03-14 14:07:08.266570
Person:

Misc

Note:

Target Details

Nearest Target No: 7019
Nearest Taget Name: PSR_J1023+0038
Separation (arcmin): 0.0003
Nearby Target (<3.0'): 1510[FIRST_J102347.6+003841],6545[PSR_J1023+0038],6732[PSR_J1023+0038],7019[PSR_J1023+0038],7253[PSR_J1023+0038]
Referenced Target Catalogue: /Home/eud/nicerweb/too/ags/NICER2_Xray_Target_List_V38t.csv.gz
Sun Angle: 161.8 deg at 2024:073:22:11:11 (UTC), 149.0 deg after 2 weeks

Planned Observations

AGS6 Reference: AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240671600_20240751200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240681200_20240781200_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240701600_20240811200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240711800_20240820000_V03.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240731600_20240840000_V02.txt.gz
Planned Snapshots:

Observation Start Observation End Span Mode Observation ID
(YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (seconds) Man/Opt
2024-072T21:46:20 2024-072T22:01:20 900 Mandatory 99999999
2024-072T23:19:20 2024-072T23:34:20 900 Mandatory 99999999
2024-073T00:52:20 2024-073T01:07:20 900 Mandatory 99999999
2024-073T01:15:20 2024-073T01:17:40 140 Mandatory 99999999
2024-073T02:25:20 2024-073T02:40:20 900 Mandatory 99999999
2024-073T03:58:20 2024-073T04:13:20 900 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