NICER observation list: Target ID 354702

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
3547020101 288.609 24.946 57.728 6.400 58915.7527 58915.9549 1192.0 52 3 VALIDATED 58919.8 59109
3547020102 288.609 24.946 57.728 6.400 58916.0108 58916.9875 8321.0 52 3 VALIDATED 58920.6 59110
3547020103 288.609 24.946 57.728 6.401 58917.0434 58917.9560 6493.0 52 3 VALIDATED 58921.6 59111
3547020104 288.609 24.946 57.728 6.401 58918.0108 58918.0206 637.0 52 5 VALIDATED 58981.9 59112
3547020201 288.609 24.945 57.728 6.400 59164.9310 59164.9368 415.0 51 3 VALIDATED 59168.7 59358
3547020202 288.609 24.946 57.728 6.400 59164.9956 59165.9731 6095.0 51 4 VALIDATED 59170.6 59359
3547020203 288.609 24.945 57.728 6.400 59166.0294 59166.7491 7560.0 51 3 VALIDATED 59170.7 59360
3547020204 288.609 24.945 57.728 6.400 59167.0625 59167.3947 3642.0 51 3 VALIDATED 59171.6 59361