ToO Information

Request ID: 53321
Request Type: NEW
ToO Urgency: WITHIN A WEEK
Proposal ID:

Target Info

Target Name: GX 301-2
Target No.: 1722
Category: X-RAY BINARIES
Coordinates[J2000]: (186.65650, -62.77040)
Exp (ks): 25
Extended: N
Extent Size:
Background Restriction: N
Remarks:

Constraint Details

Monitor: Y
Criteria: 01/29 through 02/06, 9 pointings total (XRISM scheduled 02/01-02/03) Jan 29: 5 ks Jan 30: 3 ks Jan 31: 3 ks Feb 01: 1 ks Feb 02: 1 ks Feb 03: 1 ks Feb 04: 3 ks Feb 05: 3 ks Feb 06: 5 ks
Phase Dependent: N
Epoch:
Period:
Min:
Max:
Remarks:
Specific Time: N
Start:
End:
Remarks:
ToO: Y
Coordinate Observation: Y
Observatory: XRISM
Description: The XRISM observation is scheduled for Feb 01 - Feb 03, 2025. There is no real coordination required, only the NICER monitoring needs to span the same flare of GX 301-2 that is observed by XRISM.
Uninterrupted: N
Justification:
Estimated Count Rate (cts s-1): 57.000

Requester Information

Name: DR. RALF BALLHAUSEN

Status

Request Date (UTC): 2025-01-24 21:22:42
Disposition: Accepted
Date: 2025-01-24T23:00:08
Reason:
Person: Auto
Status: Complete
Date: 2025-02-18 20:42:33.873080
Person:

Misc

Note:

Target Details

Nearest Target No: 1722
Nearest Taget Name: GX_301-2
Separation (arcmin): 0.0047
Nearby Target (<3.0'): 1722[GX_301-2]
Referenced Target Catalogue: /Home/eud/nicerweb/too/ags/NICER2_Xray_Target_List_V42d.csv.gz
Sun Angle: 98.8 deg at 2025:045:21:12:13 (UTC), 106.9 deg after 2 weeks

Planned Observations

AGS6 Reference: AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20250242000_20250370000_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20250242000_20250370000_V03.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20250271500_20250400000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20250291900_20250441200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20250302200_20250400000_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20250311800_20250461300_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20250351900_20250491200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20250361900_20250511200_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20250372300_20250511200_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20250381700_20250531200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20250421200_20250540000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20250421800_20250540000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20250431200_20250561200_V03.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20250431800_20250560000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20250442200_20250560000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20250451400_20250581200_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20250452100_20250601200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20250481900_20250631200_V03.txt.gz
Planned Snapshots:

Observation Start Observation End Span Mode Observation ID
(YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (seconds) Man/Opt
2025-029T04:53:40 2025-029T04:58:40 300 Mandatory 99999999
2025-029T06:26:40 2025-029T06:33:00 380 Mandatory 99999999
2025-029T07:59:20 2025-029T08:04:00 280 Mandatory 99999999
2025-029T11:05:20 2025-029T11:13:00 460 Mandatory 99999999
2025-029T12:38:00 2025-029T12:46:20 500 Mandatory 99999999
2025-029T14:11:00 2025-029T14:19:20 500 Mandatory 99999999
2025-029T15:43:40 2025-029T15:52:40 540 Mandatory 99999999
2025-029T17:16:40 2025-029T17:21:35 295 Mandatory 99999999
2025-029T18:50:06 2025-029T18:59:00 534 Mandatory 99999999
2025-029T20:22:46 2025-029T20:31:40 534 Mandatory 99999999
2025-029T23:28:00 2025-029T23:38:00 600 Mandatory 99999999
2025-030T04:06:20 2025-030T04:17:40 680 Mandatory 99999999
2025-030T08:45:00 2025-030T08:57:00 720 Mandatory 99999999
2025-030T11:53:28 2025-030T12:02:00 512 Mandatory 99999999
2025-030T18:03:07 2025-030T18:21:20 1093 Mandatory 99999999
2025-031T07:57:20 2025-031T08:14:20 1020 Mandatory 99999999
2025-032T05:37:00 2025-032T05:56:40 1180 Mandatory 99999999
2025-033T12:35:00 2025-033T12:46:38 698 Mandatory 99999999
2025-034T08:43:00 2025-034T09:02:20 1160 Mandatory 99999999
2025-035T01:47:20 2025-035T02:04:20 1020 Mandatory 99999999
2025-035T06:26:40 2025-035T06:43:00 980 Mandatory 99999999
2025-035T11:09:16 2025-035T11:21:40 744 Mandatory 99999999
2025-035T18:56:41 2025-035T19:06:20 579 Mandatory 99999999
2025-036T04:10:40 2025-036T04:23:40 780 Mandatory 99999999
2025-036T07:22:24 2025-036T07:29:20 416 Mandatory 99999999
2025-036T08:50:33 2025-036T09:02:20 707 Mandatory 99999999
2025-036T13:33:24 2025-036T13:41:00 456 Mandatory 99999999
2025-036T18:12:45 2025-036T18:19:40 415 Mandatory 99999999
2025-036T19:46:05 2025-036T19:52:40 395 Mandatory 99999999
2025-037T03:41:59 2025-037T03:50:40 521 Mandatory 99999999
2025-037T05:15:43 2025-037T05:30:40 897 Mandatory 99999999
2025-037T06:55:37 2025-037T07:03:40 483 Mandatory 99999999
2025-037T08:30:25 2025-037T08:36:20 355 Mandatory 99999999
2025-037T09:55:22 2025-037T10:09:20 838 Mandatory 99999999
2025-037T14:41:08 2025-037T14:46:20 312 Mandatory 99999999
2025-037T22:08:40 2025-037T22:12:00 200 Mandatory 99999999
2025-039T06:51:35 2025-039T07:02:40 665 Mandatory 99999999
2025-048T22:43:40 2025-048T22:50:27 407 Mandatory 99999999
2025-049T23:31:00 2025-049T23:36:40 340 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