NICER observation list: Target ID 360901

Abstract

Building upon a pilot pre-GO phase program, we propose for monthly monitoring of LMC X-3, the softest, most highly-variable, and least absorbed of the persistent black hole X-ray binaries in the sky. Our goal is to empirically determine changes in disk structure as the accretion disk evolves from thin to 'slim' when the disk approaches the Eddington limit. We demonstrate that LMC X-3 is uniquely suitable to disk continuum science, and that NICER is the most capable X-ray instrument for the science at hand.
Obsid RA DEC l b Start End Exposure Number of
Modules		 Number of
Processing		 Status of
Processing		 Date of
Processing		 Public
date
3609010101 84.735 -64.084 273.576 -32.082 58920.8169 58920.9593 2443.0 52 3 VALIDATED 58924.8 58934
3609010201 84.740 -64.086 273.579 -32.080 58952.3538 58952.6900 6294.0 52 3 VALIDATED 58956.6 58966
3609010301 84.736 -64.083 273.575 -32.081 58984.4180 58984.8187 3607.0 52 2 VALIDATED 58988.8 58998
3609010401 84.737 -64.085 273.577 -32.081 59019.7676 59019.9748 996.0 52 4 VALIDATED 59024.9 59033
3609010402 84.737 -64.084 273.577 -32.081 59020.0273 59020.1039 319.0 52 3 VALIDATED 59024.9 59034
3609010501 84.736 -64.084 273.577 -32.081 59044.0736 59044.4116 4880.0 52 3 VALIDATED 59050.9 59058
3609010701 84.737 -64.084 273.576 -32.081 59105.5625 59105.9616 1700.0 51 4 VALIDATED 59110.6 59119
3609010702 84.742 -64.085 273.577 -32.079 59105.9962 59106.0056 420.0 51 3 VALIDATED 59110.6 59120
3609010801 84.735 -64.083 273.575 -32.082 59136.2671 59136.5512 6687.0 51 3 VALIDATED 59140.6 59150
3609010901 84.737 -64.084 273.577 -32.081 59167.5444 59167.7616 2691.0 51 3 VALIDATED 59171.7 59181
3609011101 84.733 -64.084 273.577 -32.083 59228.3153 59228.5928 2137.0 52 3 VALIDATED 59232.8 59242
3609011201 84.740 -64.083 273.575 -32.080 59259.6607 59259.9979 3750.0 52 1 VALIDATED 59268.9 59273