List of SAX Science Verification targets

The following is the approved list of targets to be observed as part of the SAX Science Verification program.

	Target	exposure time (ksecs)	Main(*) Inst	Purpose
2	LMC X-3	54.6	L+M	L,M misalignment verification (13 pointings)
3	Cyg X-1	49.5	L+M	L,M off-axis PSF and eff area (10 pointings)
280	Cyg X-1	52.8	P+H	P,H coll. transm. verif. (21 pointings)
275	Crab	45.0	M,L	M,L energy calibration, Efficiency timing
281	Crab	69.0	M+H	H,P energy calibration, Efficiency timing
4	HZ 43	51.0	L	L energy calibration at low E
5	N132D	50.4	L	L energy calibration
6	Beta-Car	40.0	L	UV leak test
7	Cyg X-2	40.0	M,L	Dead-time and gain test
8	LMC Field	63.0	L,M	Typical crowded field
9	Per Cluster	110.0	M,L,H,P	L,M spectr/spatial resp. H,P: hard tails
10	Virgo Cluster	70.0	M,L	Typical cluster, Spectral/Spatial response
11	CAS A	50.4	L	Typical SNR: energy vs position
276	Sco X-1	32.4	P,H (L,M)	Strong source: spectral reconstr. for H,P
278	Vela X-1	19.8	H,P (L,M)	Spectrum + timing
13	Cal 87	100.8	L	Soft source, Low energy response
14	Prox Cen	80	L	Soft source, Low energy response
15	Cyg X-3	80.0	P,H	Typical source: Spectral response, flux
279	Cen X-3	21.6	P,H	Spectrum + Timing
16	PKS 2155-304	90.0	M,L	Low energy feature (O)+ Sp. response
17	4U 1626-67	70.	L,M	Low energy feature (Ne)+ Sp. response
18	Her X-1	170.0	H,P,L,M	Phase spectroscopy, Intercal. source
20	MCG-6.30-15	180.0	M,L,H,P	Intercalibration source
21	3C 273	180.0	L,M,H,P	Insterc. Source; Simul obs XTE (+ASCA proposal)
22	NGC 4151	180.0	H,L,M,P	INterc. Source + simult with XTE, OSSE (+ASCA proposal)
23	Cyg Region	120.0	W	Pointing/misalignment WFC (Cyg X-1/2/3)
59	Crab	102.0	W	PSF - Spectral calib - Timing
60	GX301-2	100.0	W	PSF + Hard spectrum
61	Cen Region	120.0	W	timing
62	Gal Center	360	W	Crowded field+background field for H,P,L,M

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A list of reserve targets is given below

Target	RA(2000)	Dec(2000)	exposure time	Main Instrument
Beta Cet	00 43 34.5	-17 59 14	1.00E+05	LECS
EXO 0748-67	07 48 33.8	-67 45 08	5.00E+04	LECS
Mkn 421	11 04 28.7	38 11 48	1.00E+05	MECS
Coma Cluster	12 59 34.7	27 56 52	1.20E+05	MECS

(*) L=LECS, M=MECS, H=HPGSPC, P=PSD, W=WFC