ToO Information

Request ID: 48971
Request Type: NEW
ToO Urgency: NEXT BUSINESS DAY
Proposal ID:

Target Info

Target Name: PDS 456
Target No.: 5419
Category: ACTIVE GALAXIES AND QUASARS
Coordinates[J2000]: (262.07917, -14.26552)
Exp (ks): 2
Extended: N
Extent Size:
Background Restriction: N
Remarks:

Constraint Details

Monitor: Y
Criteria: The source is known to vary on a daily basis and even hours. Therefore, as much monitoring as NICER allows would be most helpful, ending by the end of the day of March 16, so we can get one or two observations after XRISM finishes.
Phase Dependent: N
Epoch:
Period:
Min:
Max:
Remarks:
Specific Time: Y
Start: 2024-03-09 13:13 UTC
End: 2024-03-16 00:00 UTC
Remarks: Maximal coverage of the XRISM observation
ToO: Y
Coordinate Observation: N
Observatory:
Description:
Uninterrupted: N
Justification:
Estimated Count Rate (cts s-1): 3.356

Requester Information

Name: PROF. EHUD BEHAR

Status

Request Date (UTC): 2024-03-08 13:50:44
Disposition: Accepted
Date: 2024-03-08T17:20:09
Reason:
Person: Auto
Status: Complete
Date: 2024-03-25 22:34:54.965332
Person:

Misc

Note:

Target Details

Nearest Target No: 5419
Nearest Taget Name: PDS_456
Separation (arcmin): 0.0000
Nearby Target (<3.0'): 5419[PDS_456]
Referenced Target Catalogue: /Home/eud/nicerweb/too/ags/NICER2_Xray_Target_List_V38u.csv.gz
Sun Angle: 100.0 deg at 2024:082:21:01:49 (UTC), 113.7 deg after 2 weeks

Planned Observations

AGS6 Reference: 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,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240751400_20240860000_V03.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240781200_20240860000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240801400_20240900000_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240801400_20240900000_V03.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240801900_20240951200_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240811900_20240910000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240822000_20240971450_V01.txt.gz
Planned Snapshots:

Observation Start Observation End Span Mode Observation ID
(YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (seconds) Man/Opt
2024-070T17:25:40 2024-070T17:45:20 1180 Mandatory 99999999
2024-070T18:58:40 2024-070T19:11:40 780 Mandatory 99999999
2024-071T13:33:35 2024-071T13:52:04 1109 Mandatory 99999999
2024-071T15:06:20 2024-071T15:26:20 1200 Mandatory 99999999
2024-071T16:39:20 2024-071T16:59:20 1200 Mandatory 99999999
2024-073T15:33:00 2024-073T15:35:47 167 Mandatory 99999999
2024-073T17:05:20 2024-073T17:08:35 195 Mandatory 99999999
2024-073T18:38:00 2024-073T18:42:21 261 Mandatory 99999999
2024-073T20:11:00 2024-073T20:14:52 232 Mandatory 99999999
2024-073T21:43:40 2024-073T21:48:56 316 Mandatory 99999999
2024-073T23:16:40 2024-073T23:21:27 287 Mandatory 99999999
2024-074T02:05:40 2024-074T02:14:40 540 Mandatory 99999999
2024-074T03:38:08 2024-074T03:47:40 572 Mandatory 99999999
2024-074T06:41:00 2024-074T06:46:20 320 Mandatory 99999999
2024-074T08:12:20 2024-074T08:26:40 860 Mandatory 99999999
2024-074T11:16:33 2024-074T11:27:00 627 Mandatory 99999999
2024-074T15:52:40 2024-074T16:00:20 460 Mandatory 99999999
2024-074T17:26:38 2024-074T17:31:40 302 Mandatory 99999999
2024-074T20:34:38 2024-074T20:51:40 1022 Mandatory 99999999
2024-075T01:31:37 2024-075T01:52:00 1223 Mandatory 99999999
2024-075T03:04:36 2024-075T03:25:00 1224 Mandatory 99999999
2024-075T04:37:35 2024-075T04:58:00 1225 Mandatory 99999999
2024-075T05:49:20 2024-075T06:31:00 2500 Mandatory 99999999
2024-075T07:43:51 2024-075T08:03:40 1189 Mandatory 99999999
2024-075T10:49:49 2024-075T11:09:40 1191 Mandatory 99999999
2024-075T13:55:47 2024-075T14:15:40 1193 Mandatory 99999999
2024-075T15:30:08 2024-075T15:48:40 1112 Mandatory 99999999
2024-075T17:02:03 2024-075T17:21:40 1177 Mandatory 99999999
2024-075T18:34:39 2024-075T18:54:20 1181 Mandatory 99999999
2024-075T20:07:59 2024-075T20:27:20 1161 Mandatory 99999999
2024-075T21:26:29 2024-075T22:00:20 2031 Mandatory 99999999
2024-075T23:13:59 2024-075T23:33:20 1161 Mandatory 99999999
2024-076T00:46:19 2024-076T01:06:20 1201 Mandatory 99999999
2024-076T02:19:59 2024-076T02:39:20 1161 Mandatory 99999999
2024-076T03:52:58 2024-076T04:12:20 1162 Mandatory 99999999
2024-076T05:25:57 2024-076T05:45:00 1143 Mandatory 99999999
2024-076T06:58:40 2024-076T07:18:00 1160 Mandatory 99999999
2024-076T10:08:46 2024-076T10:24:00 914 Mandatory 99999999
2024-076T11:37:29 2024-076T11:57:00 1171 Mandatory 99999999
2024-076T13:14:46 2024-076T13:30:00 914 Mandatory 99999999
2024-076T14:28:46 2024-076T14:43:00 854 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