NICER observation list: Target ID 456201
- Proposal Number = 4562
- Target ID = 456201
- Target Name = NGC_2992
- Proposal Title = A NICER STUDY OF SPECTRAL VARIATIONS IN NGC 2992
- PI = MICHAEL NOWAK
- Proposal Category = ACTIVE GALAXIES AND QUASARS
- Cycle number = 4
- Observation Type = NOR
Abstract
NGC 2992 is a Seyfert galaxy with variations of a factor of 30 in X-ray flux as found by monitoring campaigns with RXTE and Swift. This is a``changing look'' Seyfert that historically has varied between Seyfert 1.5 to 2. For the recent Swift monitoring campaign, due to both low effective area and photon pile-up, the observations are adequately described solely by a phenomenological absorbed powerlaw. We propose a NICER monitoring campaign, which will provide higher signal-to-noise spectra capable of being fit with more realistic models that include the Fe Kalpha line. We also will search for short time scale variability within an observation.
| Obsid |
RA |
DEC |
l |
b |
Start |
End |
Exposure |
Number of modules |
Status of Processing |
Date of Processing |
Public date |
| 4562010101 |
146.425 |
-14.326 |
249.70605 |
28.78083 |
59274.6466 |
59274.8521 |
1700.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59278.7 |
59288 |
| 4562010201 |
146.425 |
-14.326 |
249.70561 |
28.78092 |
59277.0347 |
59277.3051 |
3266.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59283.6 |
59291 |
| 4562010301 |
146.424 |
-14.324 |
249.70309 |
28.78164 |
59280.4582 |
59280.6053 |
4083.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59284.6 |
59294 |
| 4562010401 |
146.424 |
-14.326 |
249.70525 |
28.78069 |
59283.5593 |
59283.7690 |
4114.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59293.8 |
59297 |
| 4562010501 |
146.424 |
-14.326 |
249.70522 |
28.78045 |
59286.2106 |
59286.3525 |
2795.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59293.9 |
59300 |
| 4562010601 |
146.425 |
-14.326 |
249.70577 |
28.78080 |
59289.4445 |
59289.7123 |
3652.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59294.1 |
59303 |
| 4562010701 |
146.425 |
-14.326 |
249.70576 |
28.78093 |
59292.7460 |
59292.8866 |
2916.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59296.6 |
59306 |
| 4562010801 |
146.430 |
-14.328 |
249.71059 |
28.78323 |
59295.3865 |
59295.6560 |
3655.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59299.6 |
59309 |
| 4562010901 |
146.430 |
-14.328 |
249.71093 |
28.78335 |
59298.4218 |
59298.6912 |
4113.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59302.7 |
59312 |
| 4562011001 |
146.430 |
-14.328 |
249.71165 |
28.78330 |
59301.7144 |
59301.9814 |
3303.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59320.7 |
59315 |
| 4562011101 |
146.427 |
-14.326 |
249.70720 |
28.78214 |
59304.2285 |
59304.3725 |
3458.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59315.8 |
59318 |
| 4562011201 |
146.428 |
-14.326 |
249.70775 |
28.78302 |
59307.1389 |
59307.2773 |
3325.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59318.0 |
59321 |
| 4562011301 |
146.427 |
-14.326 |
249.70717 |
28.78204 |
59310.1664 |
59310.3729 |
3943.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59319.9 |
59324 |
| 4562011401 |
146.425 |
-14.327 |
249.70645 |
28.78104 |
59313.0714 |
59313.4674 |
3887.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59322.9 |
59327 |
| 4562011501 |
146.425 |
-14.326 |
249.70588 |
28.78057 |
59316.2353 |
59316.5019 |
3483.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59327.0 |
59330 |
| 4562011601 |
146.425 |
-14.327 |
249.70623 |
28.78068 |
59319.1397 |
59319.4083 |
3644.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59330.9 |
59333 |
| 4562011701 |
146.424 |
-14.327 |
249.70616 |
28.77982 |
59322.1098 |
59322.2044 |
2944.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59332.7 |
59336 |
| 4562011801 |
146.424 |
-14.327 |
249.70568 |
28.78034 |
59325.2785 |
59325.5569 |
5374.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59335.7 |
59339 |
| 4562011901 |
146.427 |
-14.332 |
249.71221 |
28.77837 |
59328.3097 |
59328.4653 |
1897.00000 |
51 |
VALIDATED |
59337.8 |
59342 |
| 4562011902 |
146.428 |
-14.327 |
249.70889 |
28.78196 |
59333.3507 |
59333.3575 |
256.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59343.7 |
59347 |
| 4562012101 |
146.427 |
-14.329 |
249.70926 |
28.78048 |
59334.1225 |
59334.2620 |
2944.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59343.8 |
59348 |
| 4562012201 |
146.427 |
-14.328 |
249.70881 |
28.78124 |
59337.4803 |
59337.7473 |
1962.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59347.6 |
59351 |
| 4562012301 |
146.425 |
-14.327 |
249.70655 |
28.78082 |
59340.1912 |
59340.2866 |
4219.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59349.7 |
59354 |
| 4562012401 |
146.426 |
-14.327 |
249.70739 |
28.78120 |
59343.6137 |
59343.6909 |
2400.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59354.6 |
59357 |
| 4562012501 |
146.425 |
-14.326 |
249.70609 |
28.78093 |
59346.3393 |
59346.4838 |
3339.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59356.7 |
59360 |
| 4562012601 |
146.426 |
-14.327 |
249.70659 |
28.78119 |
59349.4874 |
59349.8211 |
800.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59359.7 |
59363 |
| 4562012701 |
146.425 |
-14.326 |
249.70511 |
28.78093 |
59352.4573 |
59352.5428 |
2844.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59362.6 |
59366 |
| 4562012801 |
146.425 |
-14.326 |
249.70547 |
28.78090 |
59355.1685 |
59355.2551 |
3233.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59367.2 |
59369 |
| 4562012901 |
146.425 |
-14.326 |
249.70580 |
28.78090 |
59358.0099 |
59358.0956 |
3519.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59368.1 |
59372 |
| 4562013001 |
146.425 |
-14.323 |
249.70338 |
28.78352 |
59361.4955 |
59361.6419 |
3075.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59371.7 |
59375 |
| 4562013101 |
146.426 |
-14.324 |
249.70497 |
28.78329 |
59364.2099 |
59364.5417 |
4568.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59374.7 |
59378 |
| 4562013201 |
146.424 |
-14.327 |
249.70573 |
28.78030 |
59366.6045 |
59366.9977 |
1126.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59376.8 |
59380 |
| 4562013202 |
146.427 |
-14.323 |
249.70438 |
28.78442 |
59367.0571 |
59367.0625 |
172.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59376.9 |
59381 |
| 4562013301 |
146.428 |
-14.324 |
249.70616 |
28.78417 |
59370.2888 |
59370.4231 |
768.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59379.7 |
59384 |
| 4562013801 |
146.426 |
-14.327 |
249.70739 |
28.78146 |
59385.5230 |
59385.7294 |
0.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59398.7 |
59399 |
| 4562013901 |
146.425 |
-14.326 |
249.70622 |
28.78109 |
59388.5573 |
59388.6479 |
317.00000 |
52 |
VALIDATED |
59398.9 |
59402 |
| 4562014001 |
146.425 |
-14.327 |
249.70618 |
28.78059 |
59391.5279 |
59391.6185 |
190.00000 |
49 |
VALIDATED |
59415.7 |
59405 |
| 4562014101 |
146.425 |
-14.326 |
249.70604 |
28.78071 |
59394.2521 |
59394.3951 |
638.00000 |
49 |
VALIDATED |
59405.0 |
59408 |
| 4562014201 |
146.425 |
-14.327 |
249.70629 |
28.78051 |
59397.7266 |
59397.8150 |
148.00000 |
49 |
VALIDATED |
59413.7 |
59411 |
| 4562014301 |
146.426 |
-14.327 |
249.70704 |
28.78070 |
59399.9871 |
59400.1322 |
0.00000 |
49 |
VALIDATED |
59409.7 |
59414 |
| 4562014401 |
146.427 |
-14.328 |
249.70911 |
28.78100 |
59403.7331 |
59403.8160 |
2.00000 |
47 |
VALIDATED |
59413.8 |
59417 |
| 4562014501 |
146.426 |
-14.327 |
249.70754 |
28.78108 |
59405.9951 |
59406.0806 |
274.00000 |
47 |
VALIDATED |
59415.8 |
59420 |