NICER observation list: Target ID 365101
- Proposal Number = 3651
- Target ID = 365101
- Target Name = Eta_Carinae
- Proposal Title = NICER MONITORING OF ETA CARINAE AFTER THE 2020 PERIASTRON PASSAGE
- PI = DAVID ESPINOZA-GALEAS
- Proposal Category = STARS/CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES/OTHER GALACTIC SOURCES
- Cycle number = 3
- Observation Type = NOR
Abstract
We are requesting 104 ksec of observation time in NICER AO2 to monitor the X-ray emission from the super-luminous massive colliding wind binary ETA CARINAE through its next X-ray minimum and recovery. This proposal is the next step of monitoring campaign of X- ray telescopes started with RXTE, followed by Swift and continued by NICER through Cycle 1. The proposed NICER monitoring program in Cycle 2 will give us unprecedented observations to compare the changes during its X-ray recovery. We also request a NuSTAR observation to study the connections between the thermal emission and non-thermal emission by comparing the 30-50 keV X-ray spectrum with NICER soft X-ray spectra. Our proposed NICER program will also provide context for our approved CHANDRA ACIS observations.
| Obsid |
RA |
DEC |
l |
b |
Start |
End |
Exposure |
Number of modules |
Status of Processing |
Date of Processing |
Public date |
| 3651010101 |
161.264 |
-59.684 |
287.59640 |
-0.62962 |
58909.1446 |
58909.1664 |
895.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58913.6 |
58923 |
| 3651010201 |
161.264 |
-59.685 |
287.59640 |
-0.62985 |
58910.1162 |
58910.1343 |
620.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58992.4 |
58924 |
| 3651010301 |
161.263 |
-59.684 |
287.59617 |
-0.62974 |
58911.2796 |
58911.3602 |
2313.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58916.7 |
58925 |
| 3651010501 |
161.264 |
-59.684 |
287.59631 |
-0.62968 |
58913.3458 |
58913.4252 |
2145.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58917.8 |
58927 |
| 3651010601 |
161.263 |
-59.684 |
287.59607 |
-0.62986 |
58914.3821 |
58914.4576 |
1788.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58918.6 |
58928 |
| 3651010701 |
161.265 |
-59.684 |
287.59659 |
-0.62890 |
58915.2266 |
58915.2317 |
113.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58919.8 |
58929 |
| 3651010901 |
161.255 |
-59.686 |
287.59316 |
-0.63311 |
58917.3374 |
58917.3451 |
0.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58921.6 |
58931 |
| 3651011101 |
161.266 |
-59.680 |
287.59537 |
-0.62518 |
58919.9129 |
58919.9817 |
0.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58924.1 |
58933 |
| 3651011201 |
161.264 |
-59.684 |
287.59626 |
-0.62969 |
58920.0419 |
58920.4350 |
317.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58924.7 |
58934 |
| 3651011301 |
161.265 |
-59.685 |
287.59689 |
-0.62990 |
58921.0092 |
58921.0174 |
465.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58925.6 |
58935 |
| 3651011401 |
161.256 |
-59.684 |
287.59254 |
-0.63096 |
58922.3619 |
58922.4398 |
985.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58926.6 |
58936 |
| 3651011501 |
161.260 |
-59.684 |
287.59461 |
-0.63067 |
58923.3950 |
58923.4743 |
1228.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58927.6 |
58937 |
| 3651011601 |
161.259 |
-59.684 |
287.59439 |
-0.63079 |
58924.0403 |
58924.4435 |
2259.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58928.7 |
58938 |
| 3651011701 |
161.262 |
-59.685 |
287.59594 |
-0.63049 |
58925.3936 |
58925.4125 |
910.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58930.7 |
58939 |
| 3651011801 |
161.265 |
-59.685 |
287.59693 |
-0.62976 |
58926.4269 |
58926.4463 |
818.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58930.8 |
58940 |
| 3651011901 |
161.265 |
-59.686 |
287.59765 |
-0.63059 |
58927.3329 |
58927.4787 |
845.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58931.6 |
58941 |
| 3651012001 |
161.265 |
-59.685 |
287.59690 |
-0.62982 |
58928.3694 |
58928.9609 |
2460.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58932.6 |
58942 |
| 3651012101 |
161.265 |
-59.684 |
287.59670 |
-0.62954 |
58929.7262 |
58929.9278 |
487.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58933.6 |
58943 |
| 3651012701 |
161.269 |
-59.688 |
287.60007 |
-0.63140 |
58935.5725 |
58935.7766 |
1779.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58939.6 |
58949 |
| 3651012801 |
161.269 |
-59.688 |
287.60029 |
-0.63158 |
58936.2185 |
58936.2949 |
936.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58940.6 |
58950 |
| 3651012901 |
161.272 |
-59.686 |
287.60057 |
-0.62932 |
58937.2523 |
58937.3938 |
2188.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58941.7 |
58951 |
| 3651013001 |
161.270 |
-59.688 |
287.60053 |
-0.63139 |
58938.6072 |
58938.6859 |
2067.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58942.6 |
58952 |
| 3651013101 |
161.270 |
-59.688 |
287.60063 |
-0.63126 |
58939.5112 |
58939.5868 |
1425.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58943.6 |
58953 |
| 3651013201 |
161.266 |
-59.684 |
287.59727 |
-0.62932 |
58940.5455 |
58940.6201 |
1468.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58947.8 |
58954 |
| 3651013301 |
161.270 |
-59.688 |
287.60081 |
-0.63117 |
58941.7729 |
58941.8472 |
1464.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58948.6 |
58955 |
| 3651013401 |
161.271 |
-59.688 |
287.60092 |
-0.63106 |
58942.7402 |
58942.8160 |
1466.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58947.9 |
58956 |
| 3651013501 |
161.266 |
-59.684 |
287.59714 |
-0.62919 |
58943.6447 |
58943.6648 |
1249.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58948.0 |
58957 |
| 3651013601 |
161.265 |
-59.684 |
287.59701 |
-0.62927 |
58944.6164 |
58944.6366 |
1460.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58948.0 |
58958 |
| 3651013701 |
161.266 |
-59.684 |
287.59722 |
-0.62880 |
58945.5833 |
58945.6046 |
1588.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58949.9 |
58959 |
| 3651013801 |
161.266 |
-59.684 |
287.59719 |
-0.62896 |
58946.6181 |
58946.6377 |
1249.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58950.7 |
58960 |
| 3651013901 |
161.264 |
-59.685 |
287.59671 |
-0.62978 |
58947.5933 |
58947.6058 |
599.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58951.7 |
58961 |
| 3651014001 |
161.266 |
-59.684 |
287.59707 |
-0.62927 |
58948.6098 |
58948.6285 |
1462.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58952.6 |
58962 |
| 3651014101 |
161.264 |
-59.685 |
287.59670 |
-0.62966 |
58949.5296 |
58949.6067 |
1450.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58953.6 |
58963 |
| 3651014201 |
161.270 |
-59.683 |
287.59854 |
-0.62730 |
58950.5447 |
58950.5750 |
1660.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58954.7 |
58964 |
| 3651014301 |
161.265 |
-59.684 |
287.59693 |
-0.62934 |
58951.1430 |
58951.2206 |
124.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58955.6 |
58965 |
| 3651014401 |
161.266 |
-59.684 |
287.59702 |
-0.62885 |
58952.1164 |
58952.8088 |
7380.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58970.6 |
58966 |
| 3651014501 |
161.268 |
-59.684 |
287.59785 |
-0.62859 |
58953.0829 |
58953.6523 |
3557.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58957.6 |
58967 |
| 3651014601 |
161.267 |
-59.684 |
287.59755 |
-0.62835 |
58954.0950 |
58954.1731 |
1982.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58961.0 |
58968 |
| 3651014701 |
161.266 |
-59.685 |
287.59716 |
-0.62945 |
58955.0616 |
58955.1397 |
1700.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58961.0 |
58969 |
| 3651014801 |
161.267 |
-59.684 |
287.59752 |
-0.62904 |
58956.1606 |
58956.2384 |
1936.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58961.0 |
58970 |
| 3651014901 |
161.266 |
-59.684 |
287.59718 |
-0.62894 |
58957.1315 |
58957.2067 |
1699.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58961.6 |
58971 |
| 3651015001 |
161.265 |
-59.684 |
287.59687 |
-0.62943 |
58957.7099 |
58957.8713 |
2320.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58961.6 |
58971 |
| 3651015101 |
161.266 |
-59.684 |
287.59728 |
-0.62912 |
58959.1297 |
58959.2074 |
1747.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
58963.8 |
58973 |