NICER observation list: Target ID 354306
- Proposal Number = 3543
- Target ID = 354306
- Target Name = comet2017-t2-doy119
- Proposal Title = COMET DIAGNOSTICS OF THE SOLAR WIND
- PI = DENNIS BODEWITS
- Proposal Category = OTHER
- Cycle number = 3
- Observation Type = NOR
Abstract
We will use NICER observations of two comets to characterize the composition of the solar wind during solar minimum and to use the comet as a natural laboratory to study CX emission. First, we will use two different comets as natural space probes to measure the velocity, composition, and freeze-in temperature of the solar wind (cf. Bodewits et al. 2004; 2007). Second, NICER s sensitivity allows us to investigate the emission features between 1 - 2 keV previously seen in comets.
| Obsid |
RA |
DEC |
l |
b |
Start |
End |
Exposure |
Number of
Modules |
Number of
Processing |
Status of
Processing |
Date of
Processing |
Public
date |
| 3543060101 |
86.644 |
75.992 |
137.500 |
22.474 |
58966.7133 |
58966.7271 |
670.0 |
52 |
3 |
VALIDATED |
58970.7 |
58980 |
| 3543060201 |
86.641 |
75.992 |
137.500 |
22.474 |
58967.1648 |
58967.2579 |
1040.0 |
52 |
3 |
VALIDATED |
58971.7 |
58981 |
| 3543060301 |
86.644 |
75.992 |
137.500 |
22.474 |
58969.1046 |
58969.1280 |
733.0 |
52 |
2 |
VALIDATED |
58973.8 |
58983 |