ToO Information

Request ID: 48949
Request Type: NEW
ToO Urgency: WITHIN A WEEK
Proposal ID:

Target Info

Target Name: 1RXS J170849.0-40091
Target No.: 2090
Category: MAGNETARS AND ROTATION-POWERED PULSARS
Coordinates[J2000]: (257.19529, -40.14790)
Exp (ks): 9
Extended: N
Extent Size:
Background Restriction: N
Remarks:

Constraint Details

Monitor: Y
Criteria: We request bi-weekly visits from 2024 March 15 to 2025 February 28. Barring sun-constrained periods, this results in about 18 visits (depending on timing of light-leak fix) for a total of 9 ks.
Phase Dependent: N
Epoch:
Period:
Min:
Max:
Remarks:
Specific Time: N
Start:
End:
Remarks:
ToO: Y
Coordinate Observation: N
Observatory:
Description:
Uninterrupted: N
Justification:
Estimated Count Rate (cts s-1): 10.000

Requester Information

Name: DR. GEORGE ASSAF YOUNES

Status

Request Date (UTC): 2024-02-29 16:19:06
Disposition: Accepted
Date: 2024-04-04 14:52:31.403779
Reason:
Person:
Status: Complete
Date: 2024-05-13 23:23:48.004615
Person:

Misc

Note:

Target Details

Nearest Target No: 2090
Nearest Taget Name: RXS_J1708-4009
Separation (arcmin): 0.0000
Nearby Target (<3.0'): 2090[RXS_J1708-4009],6589[1RXS_J170849.0-400910],6795[1RXS_J170849.0-400910],7010[1RXS_J170849.0-400910]
Referenced Target Catalogue: /Home/eud/nicerweb/too/ags/NICER2_Xray_Target_List_V38u.csv.gz
Sun Angle: 144.6 deg at 2024:129:18:31:52 (UTC), 155.3 deg after 2 weeks

Planned Observations

AGS6 Reference: AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240601900_20240700000_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240611800_20240720000_V07.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240631600_20240720000_V03.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240641600_20240750000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240651600_20240791200_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240661900_20240811200_V01.txt.gz,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,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,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240861600_20240970000_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240871500_20240980000_V03.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240871500_20240980000_V04.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240881800_20240970000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240921800_20241020000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240931600_20241071200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240941400_20241070000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240941400_20241091200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240951700_20241091200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20240961900_20241061200_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241001500_20241141200_V05.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241011300_20241141200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241011600_20241161200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241021700_20241161200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241031700_20241181200_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241042300_20241181200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241071300_20241211200_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241071300_20241211200_V03.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241071300_20241211200_V03.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241081500_20241211200_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241091400_20241210000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241101500_20241251200_V03.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241131800_20241250000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241142200_20241281200_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241151400_20241281200_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241151600_20241281200_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241161400_20241250000_V03.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241171600_20241301200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241171800_20241321500_V03.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241191000_20241321500_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241202000_20241320000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241222000_20241371200_V03.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241271600_20241400000_V03.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241291600_20241441200_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241302000_20241411200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241311800_20241420000_V03.txt.gz
Planned Snapshots:

Observation Start Observation End Span Mode Observation ID
(YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (seconds) Man/Opt
2024-082T05:44:00 2024-082T05:51:20 440 Mandatory 99999999
2024-095T07:53:18 2024-095T08:04:41 682 Mandatory 99999999
2024-110T05:34:29 2024-110T05:47:20 771 Mandatory 99999999
2024-123T04:24:20 2024-123T04:31:40 440 Mandatory 99999999
2024-123T05:57:20 2024-123T06:04:40 440 Mandatory 99999999
2024-138T02:22:48 2024-138T02:31:13 505 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