ToO Information

Request ID: 53363
Request Type: NEW
ToO Urgency: NEXT DAY
Proposal ID:

Target Info

Target Name: PSR J1231-1411
Target No.: 1725
Category: MAGNETARS AND ROTATION-POWERED PULSARS
Coordinates[J2000]: (187.79714, -14.19545)
Exp (ks): 3
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: 2025-02-13 05:46 UTC
End: 2025-02-14 08:22 UTC
Remarks: NICER observations are requested between: 1. 2025-02-13 05:47:00-06:02:20 UTC; 2. 2025-02-13 06:09:20-06:18:00 UTC; 3. 2025-02-14 08:06:00-08:21:00 UTC.
ToO: Y
Coordinate Observation: Y
Observatory: GEMINI-SOUTH
Description: Simultaneous high time resolution optical observations will be performed using the newly-commissioned high speed optical photometer (Iqueye), outfitted on Gemini-South.
Uninterrupted: Y
Justification: Optical observations will be performed continuously using Gemini-South.
Estimated Count Rate (cts s-1): 0.210

Requester Information

Name: DR. AARON B. PEARLMAN

Status

Request Date (UTC): 2025-02-12 17:55:49
Disposition: Accepted
Date: 2025-02-12T21:45:07
Reason:
Person: Auto
Status: Complete
Date: 2025-02-18 21:01:12.408085
Person:

Misc

Note:

Target Details

Nearest Target No: 1725
Nearest Taget Name: PSR_J1231-1411
Separation (arcmin): 0.0002
Nearby Target (<3.0'): 1725[PSR_J1231-1411]
Referenced Target Catalogue: /Home/eud/nicerweb/too/ags/NICER2_Xray_Target_List_V42h.csv.gz
Sun Angle: 132.5 deg at 2025:045:21:13:12 (UTC), 146.1 deg after 2 weeks

Planned Observations

AGS6 Reference: 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
2025-044T05:50:40 2025-044T06:03:00 740 Mandatory 99999999
2025-044T06:11:31 2025-044T06:18:00 389 Mandatory 99999999
2025-045T08:09:40 2025-045T08:21:40 720 Mandatory 99999999
2025-049T05:24:53 2025-049T05:36:40 707 Mandatory 99999999
2025-049T06:35:00 2025-049T06:45:00 600 Mandatory 99999999
2025-049T06:53:37 2025-049T07:09:40 963 Mandatory 99999999
2025-056T19:48:56 2025-056T19:54:37 342 Optimize 99999999
2025-056T21:21:57 2025-056T21:27:17 321 Optimize 99999999
2025-060T10:36:58 2025-060T10:57:00 1202 Optimize 99999999
2025-060T12:11:45 2025-060T12:30:00 1095 Optimize 99999999
2025-060T13:44:45 2025-060T14:03:00 1095 Optimize 99999999
2025-060T15:17:45 2025-060T15:36:00 1095 Optimize 99999999
2025-060T16:50:45 2025-060T17:09:00 1095 Optimize 99999999
2025-060T18:23:44 2025-060T18:42:00 1095 Optimize 99999999
2025-061T00:36:05 2025-061T00:54:20 1095 Optimize 99999999
2025-061T02:09:04 2025-061T02:26:40 1055 Optimize 99999999
2025-061T03:41:24 2025-061T03:59:40 1096 Optimize 99999999
2025-061T05:14:24 2025-061T05:32:20 1076 Optimize 99999999
2025-061T06:47:04 2025-061T07:05:20 1096 Optimize 99999999
2025-061T08:20:04 2025-061T08:38:20 1096 Optimize 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