ToO Information

Request ID: 43165
Request Type: NEW
ToO Urgency: NEXT BUSINESS DAY
Proposal ID:

Target Info

Target Name: SMC X-2
Target No.: 5280
Category: X-RAY BINARIES
Coordinates[J2000]: (13.63929, -73.68369)
Exp (ks): 7
Extended: N
Extent Size:
Background Restriction: N
Remarks:

Constraint Details

Monitor: Y
Criteria: 7 x 1ks exposures every 2 days
Phase Dependent: N
Epoch:
Period:
Min:
Max:
Remarks:
Specific Time: Y
Start: 2022-06-20 00:00 UTC
End: 2022-06-27 00:00 UTC
Remarks: Initially a week monitoring covering the Swift constraint period. If outburst is major, then further requests will be made, as utility of Swift/XRT data will be insufficient.
ToO: Y
Coordinate Observation: N
Observatory:
Description:
Uninterrupted: N
Justification:
Estimated Count Rate (cts s-1): 87.000

Requester Information

Name: DR. JAMIE ALEXANDER KENNEA

Status

Request Date (UTC): 2022-06-17 11:13:35
Disposition: Accepted
Date: 2022-06-23 21:09:52.656934
Reason:
Person:
Status: Complete
Date: 2022-07-06 15:17:51.686904
Person:

Misc

Note:

Target Details

Nearest Target No: 5280
Nearest Taget Name: SMC_X-2
Separation (arcmin): 0.0000
Nearby Target (<3.0'): 5280[SMC_X-2]
Referenced Target Catalogue: NICER2_Xray_Target_List_V32k.csv.gz
Sun Angle: 112.1 deg at 2022:187:04:20:48 (UTC), 114.2 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

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