NICER observation list: Target ID 354701

Abstract

The ultracompact white dwarf systems HM Cnc and V407 Vul represent unique opportunities to probe binary evolution driven by gravitational radiation and mass transfer. Initial NICER observations have provided new, precise frequency measurements in both systems, and present constraints on the 2nd derivative of the orbital frequency for HM Cnc are beginning to become theoretically informative, and this will only improve as we extend the temporal baseline. The additional observations proposed here will do just that for each source, enabling new probes of their orbital evolution.
Obsid RA DEC l b Start End Exposure Number of
Modules
Number of
Processing
Status of
Processing
Date of
Processing
Public
date
3547010101 121.595 15.458 206.925 23.395 58955.1870 58955.8549 18206.0 52 2 VALIDATED 58961.0 59149
3547010201 121.596 15.459 206.925 23.395 59171.9753 59171.9956 1672.0 51 4 VALIDATED 59177.9 59365
3547010202 121.596 15.458 206.925 23.395 59172.0389 59172.7718 16471.0 51 3 VALIDATED 59178.0 59366