NICER observation list: Target ID 354356
- Proposal Number = 3543
- Target ID = 354356
- Target Name = Comet_88P-DOY302
- 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 |
| 3543560101 |
278.822 |
-27.116 |
6.871 |
-8.746 |
59148.5736 |
59148.5900 |
0.0 |
51 |
3 |
VALIDATED |
59152.8 |
59162 |
| 3543560201 |
278.822 |
-27.116 |
6.871 |
-8.746 |
59150.5739 |
59150.5976 |
0.0 |
51 |
3 |
VALIDATED |
59156.0 |
59164 |
| 3543560301 |
278.822 |
-27.115 |
6.871 |
-8.746 |
59152.5753 |
59152.6060 |
432.0 |
48 |
2 |
VALIDATED |
59156.8 |
59166 |