NICER observation list: Target ID 363703

Abstract

Pulsating Ultra-Luminous X-ray sources (PULXs) are a recently discovered class of sources in which a pulsating Neutron Star (NS) is radiating well above the isotropic Eddington luminosity. Their high spin-up rates make them perfect targets for testbeds of accretion models and and accretion-driven spin-up in NSs, plus NS interior structure study. Moreover, pulsations in this class of objects is transient, and deserves dedicated observations in order to sample and study hysteresis behaviour in which similar flux levels show very different pulsed fractions. We identified three PULXs that are particularly well suited for such studies. Thanks to its high large effective area and our flexible observing plan, NICER will allow to meet our objectives within relatively short exposure times.
Obsid RA DEC l b Start End Exposure Number of
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3637030101 148.966 69.678 141.412 40.567 58933.4199 58933.5045 4008.0 52 3 VALIDATED 58937.6 59127
3637030201 148.961 69.677 141.414 40.566 58936.5194 58936.6075 3929.0 52 3 VALIDATED 58940.7 59130
3637030301 148.962 69.679 141.412 40.565 58938.3909 58938.4804 4159.0 52 3 VALIDATED 58942.6 59132
3637030401 148.962 69.679 141.412 40.566 58940.3913 58940.4830 4467.0 52 4 VALIDATED 58947.8 59134
3637030501 148.962 69.679 141.412 40.565 58942.0693 58942.1620 4490.0 52 4 VALIDATED 58947.9 59136