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 modules Status of Processing Date of Processing Public date
3637030101 148.966 69.678 141.41233 40.56734 58933.4199 58933.5045 4008.00000 52 VALIDATED 58937.6 59127
3637030201 148.961 69.677 141.41389 40.56619 58936.5194 58936.6075 3929.00000 52 VALIDATED 58940.7 59130
3637030301 148.962 69.679 141.41185 40.56546 58938.3909 58938.4804 4159.00000 52 VALIDATED 58942.6 59132
3637030401 148.962 69.679 141.41194 40.56551 58940.3913 58940.4830 4467.00000 52 VALIDATED 58947.8 59134
3637030501 148.962 69.679 141.41174 40.56544 58942.0693 58942.1620 4490.00000 52 VALIDATED 58947.9 59136