NICER observation list: Target ID 560503

Abstract

Over the past few years, successful multiwavelength campaigns on a handful of Galactic Black Hole (BH) X-ray Binaries have revealed remarkable sub-second variability and significant optical/infrared-vs-X-ray correlations, with some arising in the first acceleration zone at the base of a compact, relativistic jet. But what drives these variations, and are they really as stable as they sometimes appear? Here we propose up to 10 individual anticipated ToO observations on 1--2 hard state outbursts, strictly simultaneous with optical/infrared timing. We will probe rapid, sub-second photometric variations and search for inter-band time delays to disentangle the jet/disc/coronal components using spectral-timing, and probe these systems on theory-critical, unprecedented scales.
Obsid RA DEC l b Start End Exposure Number of
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5605030101 255.705 -48.790 338.939 -4.326 59831.8118 59831.8211 713.0 52 7 VALIDATED 59844.1 59845
5605030102 255.704 -48.789 338.939 -4.325 59832.0052 59832.1447 864.0 52 5 VALIDATED 59844.1 59846
5605030201 255.707 -48.790 338.940 -4.327 60014.2654 60014.3400 1070.8 51 3 VALIDATED 60024.2 60028