ToO Information

Request ID: 53447
Request Type: NEW
ToO Urgency: WITHIN A WEEK
Proposal ID:

Target Info

Target Name: CYG X-3
Target No.: 2710
Category: X-RAY BINARIES
Coordinates[J2000]: (308.10742, 40.95775)
Exp (ks): 7
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: 2025-02-25 02:30 UTC
End: 2025-02-25 08:30 UTC
Remarks: We request 7 ks around Feb 25 UT 2:30 and 8:30h, when our EVN observations are scheduled. According to the Enhanced Visibility tool, the best simultaneous windows correspond to: 2025-02-25 03:40-04:19; 05:14-05:53; and 06:48-07:27 TU (each segment lasts 2.3 ks, adding up to 7 ks).
ToO: Y
Coordinate Observation: N
Observatory:
Description:
Uninterrupted: N
Justification:
Estimated Count Rate (cts s-1): 250.000

Requester Information

Name: DR. FEDERICO GARCIA

Status

Request Date (UTC): 2025-02-18 15:47:34
Disposition: Accepted
Date: 2025-02-19T14:10:08
Reason:
Person: Auto
Status: Complete
Date: 2025-02-26 23:49:58.376064
Person:

Misc

Note:

Target Details

Nearest Target No: 2710
Nearest Taget Name: Cyg_X-3
Separation (arcmin): 0.0000
Nearby Target (<3.0'): 2710[Cyg_X-3],7062[Cyg_X-3],7064[Cyg_X-3],7065[Cyg_X-3],7368[Cyg_X-3],7399[Cyg_X-3]
Referenced Target Catalogue: /Home/eud/nicerweb/too/ags/NICER2_Xray_Target_List_V42j.csv.gz
Sun Angle: 57.2 deg at 2025:055:23:04:37 (UTC), 59.5 deg after 2 weeks

Planned Observations

AGS6 Reference: AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20250501300_20250631200_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20250510200_20250631200_V01z.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20250512100_20250651200_V03.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20250521600_20250660000_V02.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20250552000_20250701200_V04.txt.gz,AGS6_STSCH_schedule_20250561400_20250701200_V02.txt.gz
Planned Snapshots:

Observation Start Observation End Span Mode Observation ID
(YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (YYYY-DDDTHH:MM:SS) (seconds) Man/Opt
2025-056T03:09:20 2025-056T03:20:20 660 Mandatory 99999999
2025-056T04:42:00 2025-056T04:53:00 660 Mandatory 99999999
2025-056T06:15:18 2025-056T06:26:00 642 Mandatory 99999999
2025-056T07:48:00 2025-056T07:59:00 660 Mandatory 99999999
2025-056T09:21:00 2025-056T09:32:00 660 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