NICER observation list: Target ID 354331
- Proposal Number = 3543
- Target ID = 354331
- Target Name = comet2017-t2-doy168
- 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 |
| 3543310101 |
178.817 |
52.778 |
141.336 |
62.297 |
59016.5133 |
59016.5373 |
1924.0 |
52 |
3 |
VALIDATED |
59020.8 |
59030 |
| 3543310201 |
178.817 |
52.778 |
141.337 |
62.297 |
59017.0295 |
59017.0539 |
1972.0 |
52 |
3 |
VALIDATED |
59021.7 |
59031 |
| 3543310301 |
178.817 |
52.778 |
141.336 |
62.297 |
59019.0301 |
59019.0484 |
1439.0 |
52 |
3 |
VALIDATED |
59023.7 |
59033 |