HEASARC Staff Scientist Position - Applications are now being accepted for a Staff Scientist with significant experience and interest in the technical aspects of astrophysics research, to work in the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, MD. Refer to the AAS Job register for full details.
The Neutron star Interior Composition ExploreR Mission
Current Activity:
Current time (UT): 2019-04-06 13:48:06
NICER most recent pointing: KIC_9650712 From: 2019-04-06T13:46:46 until: 2019-04-06T13:56:19
Next pointing: PSR_J1012+5307 At: 2019-04-06T13:57:38 until: 2019-04-06T14:13:29
NICER Coordinated Observations
Science Targets |
Facility | Band | Target(s) | Simultaneous? |
ASTROSAT | Hard X-ray | 4U 1636, 4U 1820 | Y |
Parkes (Australia) | Radio | PSR B1821-24 | Y |
Jodrell Bank (UK) | Radio | PSR B1937+21 | Y |
Nançay (France) | Radio | PSRs B1821-24, B1937+21 | Y |
JAXA/Usuda (Japan) | Radio | Crab pulsar | Y |
NAOJ/Ibaraki (Japan) | Radio | Crab Pulsar | Y |
NuSTAR | Hard X-ray | MAXI J1535, Swift J0243, 4U 0142, Cyg X-1, & other TOOs | Y |
Gran Telescopio Canarias (Canary Islands) | Optical/IR | GRS 1915+105 | Y |
MAXI | X-ray | MAXI J1535, GT Mus, others | N |
South African Large Telescope | Optical/IR | GX 339-4 | Y |
Infrared Survey Facility (South Africa) | Optical/IR | MAXI J1535 | Y |
Fermi GBM | Gamma-ray | Swift J0243 & 4U 0142+61, TOO trigger | N |
Very Large Array | Radio | TT Arietis | Y |
Swift | X-ray | TT Arietis | Y |
Boyden Observatory (South Africa) | Optical | TT Arietis | N |
Asiago Observatory (Italy) | Optical/IR | TT Arietis | Partial |
Palomar Observatory (US) | Optical/IR | TT Arietis | Partial |
Lowell Observatory (US) | Optical/IR | CTA 102 | N |
Chuo University Observatory (Japan) | Optical/IR | Sigma Gem | Y |
Las Campanas Observatory 1 & 2.5 m (Chile) | Optical/IR | PSR J1311-3430 | Y |
ESO/La Silla Observatory 2.2 m (Chile) | Optical/IR | PSR J1311-3430 | Y |
ESO/La Silla 3.6m | Optical/IR | PSRs B0833-45, B0540-69 | Y |
Mt. Pleasant Tasmania (Australia) | Radio | Vela Pulsar | Y |
Tomo-e optical observatory, Tokyo University, Tokyo | Optical | MAXI J 1820+070 | Y |
Rosemary Hill Observatory, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL | Optical | MAXI J 1820+070 | Y |
6m BTA telescope at the Special Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), Russia | Optical | MAXI J 1820+070 | Y |
NuSTAR | Hard X-ray | MAXI J 1820+070 | Y |
INTEGRAL | Gamma-ray | MAXI J 1820+070 | Y |
HST | Optical | MAXI J 1820+070 | Partial |
Calibration Targets |
Swift | X-ray | 3C 273, Crab | Y |
NuSTAR | Hard X-ray | 3C 273, Crab | Y |
INTEGRAL | Hard X-ray | 3C 273, Crab | Y |
Chandra | X-ray | 3C 273 | Y |
XMM-Newton | X-ray | 3C 273 | Y |
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