ToO Information

Request ID: 45055
Request Type: NEW
ToO Urgency: WITHIN A WEEK
Proposal ID:

Target Info

Target Name: SCO X-1
Target No.: 1990
Category: X-RAY BINARIES
Coordinates[J2000]: (244.97942, -15.64028)
Exp (ks): 2
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: 2023-03-10 06:59 UTC
End: 2023-03-10 09:59 UTC
Remarks: We have an observation planned with NTT/ULTRACAM: 2023 Mar 10 07:00--10:00 UT This should cover two windows, 820s and 760s in length, with NICER. VLT/VISIR observations will be scheduled to match with these times.
ToO: Y
Coordinate Observation: Y
Observatory: NTT/ULTRACAM, LA SILLA + VLT/VISIR, PARANAL
Description: Rapid-timing, multi-band optical telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory + Infrared Spectrometer at ESO's Paranal Observatory
Uninterrupted: N
Justification:
Estimated Count Rate (cts s-1): 17000.000

Requester Information

Name: DR. JOHN ALEXANDER PAICE

Status

Request Date (UTC): 2023-03-02 15:26:21
Disposition: Accepted
Date: 2023-03-03T20:30:10
Reason:
Person: Auto
Status: Complete
Date: 2023-04-10 19:27:49.106720
Person:

Misc

Note:

Target Details

Nearest Target No: 1990
Nearest Taget Name: Sco_X-1
Separation (arcmin): 0.0041
Nearby Target (<3.0'): 1990[Sco_X-1]
Referenced Target Catalogue: /Home/eud/nicerweb/too/ags/NICER2_Xray_Target_List_V35i.csv.gz
Sun Angle: 124.4 deg at 2023:090:17:51:59 (UTC), 138.0 deg after 2 weeks

Planned Observations

AGS6 Reference: AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230621800_20230751200_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230651400_20230771547_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230660000_20230771500_V05.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230661800_20230771500_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230671800_20230780000_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230681900_20230780000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230691600_20230780000_V04.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230721600_20230871200_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230731700_20230881227_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230741900_20230891200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230751400_20230891200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230761200_20230891200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230761800_20230891200_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230791800_20230910000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230801800_20230910000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230811800_20230961200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230821400_20230961200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230831300_20230961200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230832200_20230961200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230862100_20230982359_V05.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230881800_20231031200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230891400_20231031200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230901300_20231031200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230901700_20231051200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230920000_20231031200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230930400_20231031200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230940000_20231040000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230940000_20231040000_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230941800_20231050000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20230961830_20231070000_V01.txt.gz
Planned Snapshots:

Observation Start Observation End Span Mode Observation ID
(YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (seconds) Man/Opt
2023-069T07:30:20 2023-069T07:43:00 760 Mandatory 99999999
2023-069T09:03:40 2023-069T09:16:00 740 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