ToO Information

Request ID: 50304
Request Type: NEW
ToO Urgency: NEXT DAY
Proposal ID:

Target Info

Target Name: GX 339-4
Target No.: 2080
Category: X-RAY BINARIES
Coordinates[J2000]: (255.70567, -48.78967)
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: 2024-05-22 00:30 UTC
End: 2024-05-22 02:00 UTC
Remarks: We have an observation planned with NTT/ULTRACAM: 2024 May 22 00:30--02:00 UT This should cover one ~1300s window with NICER.
ToO: Y
Coordinate Observation: Y
Observatory: NTT/ULTRACAM, LA SILLA
Description: Rapid-timing, multi-band optical telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory.
Uninterrupted: N
Justification:
Estimated Count Rate (cts s-1): 121.000

Requester Information

Name: DR. JOHN ALEXANDER PAICE

Status

Request Date (UTC): 2024-05-20 15:50:26
Disposition: Accepted
Date: 2024-05-21T21:40:08
Reason:
Person: Auto
Status: Complete
Date: 2024-06-05 14:47:25.335458
Person:

Misc

Note:

Target Details

Nearest Target No: 2080
Nearest Taget Name: GX_339-4
Separation (arcmin): 0.0000
Nearby Target (<3.0'): 2080[GX_339-4],6586[GX_339-4],6650[GX_339-4],6653[GX_339-4],6673[GX_339-4],6674[GX_339-4],6791[GX_339-4],6792[GX_339-4],6871[GX_339-4],7002[GX_339-4],7356[GX_339-4],7357[GX_339-4],7358[GX_339-4]
Referenced Target Catalogue: /Home/eud/nicerweb/too/ags/NICER2_Xray_Target_List_V39r.csv.gz
Sun Angle: 152.4 deg at 2024:151:20:51:42 (UTC), 153.9 deg after 2 weeks

Planned Observations

AGS6 Reference: AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241421800_20241530000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241431900_20241530000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241441500_20241500000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241441500_20241500000_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241491200_20241580000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241501500_20241631200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241501500_20241631200_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241502000_20241610000_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241502000_20241610000_V03.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241512100_20241610000_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241522000_20241671200_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241532200_20241671200_V01.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20241552000_20241670000_V01.txt.gz
Planned Snapshots:

Observation Start Observation End Span Mode Observation ID
(YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (seconds) Man/Opt
2024-143T01:29:40 2024-143T01:52:00 1340 Mandatory 99999999
2024-147T07:54:13 2024-147T08:01:20 427 Mandatory 99999999
2024-147T09:19:28 2024-147T09:34:20 892 Mandatory 99999999
2024-147T10:50:37 2024-147T11:07:20 1003 Mandatory 99999999
2024-147T12:32:32 2024-147T12:40:20 468 Mandatory 99999999
2024-147T15:29:33 2024-147T15:46:00 987 Mandatory 99999999
2024-147T16:54:23 2024-147T17:19:00 1477 Mandatory 99999999
2024-153T04:18:40 2024-153T04:32:49 849 Mandatory 99999999
2024-153T05:51:40 2024-153T05:54:57 197 Mandatory 99999999
2024-153T07:24:20 2024-153T07:28:16 236 Mandatory 99999999
2024-153T08:57:20 2024-153T09:20:00 1360 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