NICER observation list: Target ID 768201
- Proposal Number = 7682
- Target ID = 768201
- Target Name = Swift_J194402+284451
- Proposal Title = THE TRANSITIONAL MILLISECOND PULSAR CANDIDATE, 4FGL J1943.9+2841 = SWIFT J194401.9+284450
- PI = NOEL KLINGLER
- Proposal Category = X-RAY BINARIES
- Cycle number = 7
- Observation Type = NOR
Abstract
4FGL J1943.9+2841 is an unidentified Fermi-LAT source with a pulsar-like GeV spectrum. X-ray observations with Swift identified a bright X-ray source near the center of the 4FGL positional uncertainty ellipse. An optical counterpart, showing strong H emission lines, is coincident with the X-ray source. The optical colors, X-ray + optical spectra, and the GeV emission make it a strong redback millisecond pulsar binary candidate. Interestingly, the source has also shown a decrease in X-ray flux by a factor of ~20. Such changes in the flux are often seen in the rare subclass of redback binaries known as transitional millisecond pulsars. Here we propose a NICER TOO to observe this source the next time it enters and X-ray bright state to search for X-ray pulsations and orbital modulation.
Obsid |
RA |
DEC |
l |
b |
Start |
End |
Exposure |
Number of Modules |
Number of Processing |
Status of Processing |
Date of Processing |
Public date |
7682010101 |
296.008 |
28.747 |
64.226 |
2.396 |
60441.3665 |
60441.7655 |
1477.0 |
41 |
4 |
VALIDATED |
60452.2 |
60455 |
7682010102 |
296.008 |
28.747 |
64.226 |
2.396 |
60445.6912 |
60445.8257 |
1272.8 |
41 |
5 |
VALIDATED |
60457.2 |
60459 |
7682010103 |
296.008 |
28.747 |
64.226 |
2.396 |
60446.0090 |
60446.0190 |
621.2 |
50 |
4 |
VALIDATED |
60457.3 |
60460 |
7682010104 |
296.008 |
28.747 |
64.226 |
2.396 |
60450.5072 |
60450.5215 |
1142.0 |
50 |
4 |
VALIDATED |
60467.0 |
60464 |