NuSTAR ToO targets approved within the NuSTAR, Chandra, XMM-Newton, Swift, NICER, and INTEGRAL General Observer programs
NuSTAR Target of Opportunity (ToO) observations may be proposed for in the NuSTAR, Chandra, XMM-Newton, Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, NICER mission, and INTEGRAL General Observer (GO) programs.
Last update: 2020-07-06
Proposal title and abstracts are available here, or click on the Proposal number in the table below. Note that NuSTAR ToO and DDT observations may be requested at any time through the ToO/DDT observation request form which provides a list of currently active unanticipated ToO/DDT targets.
Proposals will be marked with an orange background when they are triggered and a green background when they are completed. Targets that have yet to be identified have blank J2000 coordinates.
NuSTAR GO ToO programs | |||||||
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Proposal | ObsID | Target Name | Comments | ||||
05213 | Tomsick | 80502324 | MAXI J0637-430 | 99.09828 | -42.86780 | 10x50 | Large Program Triggered 2019-11-13 |
05252 | Vestergaard | 80502630 | Mrk 590 | 33.63992 | -0.76675 | 60,50,40 | Joint with 70 ks Gehrels-Swift observations 1st observation triggered 2019-08-30 |
06027 | Krucker | 80610201 | Quiet Sun | 171 | 4 | 2x25 | 1st observation on 2020:256 |
06045 | Ballhausen | 80601301 | New CRSF source | 40 | |||
06074 | Jiang | 80601302 | Black Hole Transient | 30 | |||
06086 | Bozzo | 80601316 | New INTEGRAL transient | 30 | Joint with 30 ks XMM-Newton observation | ||
06091 | Miller | 80601601 | TDE | 50 | |||
06121 | Doroshenko | 80660301 | SRGA J124402.9-632235 | 191.01579 | -63.37543 | 50 | New eROSITA XRB1Triggered 2021-01-28 |
06121 | Doroshenko | 80660302 | New eROSITA XRB2 | 50 | |||
06133 | Ballhausen | 80601306 | HXMB CRSF | 100 | |||
06156 | Krauss | 80661601 | 1RXS J093117.6+033146 | 142.824196 | 3.522092 | 40 | Triggered 2020-06-16 |
06156 | Krauss | 80661602 | ICECUBE follow-up 2 | 40 | |||
06164 | Sokolovsky | 80601317 | MGAB-V207 | 59.62313 | -54.77811 | 60 | Triggered 2020-07-16 Joint with 20 ks XMM-Newton observation |
06165 | Krumpe | 80662601 | eROSITA AGN 1 | 70 | |||
06165 | Krumpe | 80662602 | eROSITA AGN 2 | 70 | |||
06165 | Krumpe | 80662603 | eROSITA AGN 3 | 70 | |||
06165 | Krumpe | 80662604 | eROSITA AGN 4 | 70 | |||
06166 | Gokus | 80601602 | PKS 0537-286 | 84.976173 | -28.665541 | 100 | Triggered 2020-12-22 |
06197 | Walton | 80602308 | Holmberg IX X-1 | 149.47204 | 69.06339 | 4x50 | Joint with 4x25 ks XMM-Newton observations and 52 ks Swift monitoring Multi-cycle program Triggered 2020-10-14 |
06209 | Vasilopoulos | 80602501 | MC transient | 25+25+50 | |||
06214 | Pike | 80601502 | Circinus ULX5 | 213.1625 | -65.39278 | 100 | Joint with 23 ks Swift monitoring observations Triggered 2020-11-20 |
06217 | Cerruti | 80601603 | VHE Quasar | 40 | |||
06222 | Sanna | 80601309 | IGR J17494-3030 | 267.350 | -30.50 | 50 | Triggered 2020-10-27 Joint with 21 ks NICER observation |
06238 | Vestergaard | 80602604 | Mrk 590 | 33.63992 | -0.76675 | 50+40+30 | Joint with 3x25 ks XMM-Newton and 3x10 ks Swift observations Multi-cycle program |
06244 | Roberts | 80601310 | PSR J2129-0429 | 322.43871 | -4.48664 | 100 | Joint with 30 ks Swift monitoring observations |
Joint NuSTAR/Chandra GO ToO programs | |||||||
21400516 | K Mori | 80602301 | Galactic Center transient | tbd | tbd | 2x20 | |
22400400 | K Mori | 80702304 | Galactic Center VFXT | tbd | tbd | 2x20 | |
22400529 | M Bachetti | 80701305 | M82 X-2 | 148.962667 | 69.679303 | 80 | |
22500172 | P Scholz | 80701506 | FRB 20200120E | 149.4850 | 68.8180 | 27 | Triggered 2020-12-02 Coordinated with Effelsberg 100m |
22500192 | D Matthews | 80701407 | AT2020xnd (Fast Blue Optical Transient) | 335.008458 | -2.8403611 | 2x25, 2x40 | Triggered 2020-10-26 |
Joint NuSTAR/XMM-Newton GO ToO programs | |||||||
078214 | Felix Fuerst | 80201011 | BH ToO | 40 | Coordinated with 10 x 2 ks Swift observations. Program extended into cycle-17 | ||
078430 | Nanda Rea | 80202013 | XTE J1810-197 | 272.46 | -19.731 | 20+30+40+80 | Observations to be obtained over ~3 months. Triggered 2018-12-20 |
082145 | Alessandro Papitto | 80401306 | ms pulsar | 60 | |||
082359 | Nanda Rea | 80402308 | Swift J1818.0-1607 | 274.5009167 | -16.1311944 | 20,30,40,80 | Triggered 2020-03-20 |
084079 | Fiona Harrison | 80501303 | BH hard state | 40 | |||
084080 | Norbert Schartel | 80502606 | NGC 1566 | 65.00167 | -54.9378056 | 50 | Triggered 2019-05-30 |
084080 | Norbert Schartel | 80502607 | IRAS 23226-3843 | 351.350833 | -38.446944 | 50 | Triggered 2019-10-16 |
084355 | Raffaella Margutti | 80502405 | Fast blue optical transient | 2x25 + 2x40 | |||
084377 | Norbert Schartel | 80501606 | AGN minimum | 80 | |||
084434 | Jelle Kaastra | 80502609 | NGC 3227 | 155.8775 | 19.8650 | 2x25 | Triggered 2019-11-11 |
084469 | Jian Li | 80501608 | muon track neutrino | 40 | |||
084526 | Luigi Piro | 80501609 | GW event | 150 | |||
084545 | James Court | 80502310 | GRO J1744-28 | 266.137875 | -28.740833 | 80 | |
086127 | Allesandro Papitto | 80601304 | transitional ms pulsar | 60 | |||
086276 | Hannah Earnshaw | 8061305 | NGC 925 ULX-3 | 36.864583 | 33.570278 | 100 | Triggered 2020-08-11 |
086342 | Raffaella Margutti | 80602406 | SN2019yvr | 191.28389 | -0.45909 | 2x50 | Triggered 2020-06-18 |
086403 | Jennifer Sokoloski | 80602307 | T CrB | 239.875667 | 25.920167 | 50 | Triggered 2020-08-27 |
086460 | Nanda Rea | 80602315 | PSR J1846-0258 | 281.60391667 | -2.97502778 | 23,30,40,80 | Triggered 2020-08-02 |
088008 | Norbert Schartel | 80701608 | AGN outburst | 2x50 | Coordinated with SALT or HET | ||
088054 | Pierre-Olivier Petrucci | 80702310 | BH LMXB | 10x20 | |||
088218 | Nanda Rea | 80702311 | Magnetar outburst | ||||
088470 | Alessandro Papitto | 80701312 | accreting ms pulsar | 120 | Coordinated with IXPE | ||
Joint NuSTAR/INTEGRAL GO ToO programs | |||||||
1740029 | Riccardo La Placa | 80601314 | Millisecond X-ray pulsar | 30 | Also coordinated with XMM-Newton | ||
1740033 | Julia Alfonso-Garzon | 80501302 | H 1145-619 | 177.000083 | -62.2069167 | 25 | Also coordinated with Swift |
1840002 | Thomas Siegert | 80701501 | NS merger | 100 | |||
1840005 | Zhaosheng Li | 80701302 | Accreting ms pulsar | 30 | Also coordinated with XMM-Newton, NICER, and HXMT | ||
1840021 | Ingo Kreykenbohm | 80701303 | Accreting X-ray pulsar | 40 | |||
Joint NuSTAR/Swift GO ToO programs | |||||||
1619112 | Luigi Piro | 80601509 | Fast Radio burst 1 | tbd | tbd | 20 | |
1619112 | Luigi Piro | 80601510 | Fast Radio burst 2 | tbd | tbd | 20 | |
1619139 | Liliana Sandoval | 80602511 | Fast-Evolving Luminous Transient | tbd | tbd | 3x20 | |
Joint NuSTAR/NICER GO ToO programs | |||||||
03056 | Teruaki Enoto | 80602312 | Magnetar Outburst | 20+30+50 | |||
03155 | Alice Borghese | 80602313 | SGR 1935+2154 | 293.7320 | 21.89672 | 20+20+30+40 | Triggered 2020-04-28 |
04060 | Teruaki Enoto | 80702313 | Magnetar Outburst | 20+30+50 | |||
04099 | Fiamma Capitanio | 80702314 | Transient black hole XRB | 2x30 + 20 | |||
04118 | Jingyi Wang | 80702315 | Unknown BHB | 3x20 | |||
04152 | Navin Sridhar | 80702316 | Unknown XRB | 3x20 | |||
04155 | Riley Conners | 80702317 | Black hole binary | 4x20 | |||
04163 | Jeroen Homan | 80702318 | 4U 1820-30 | 275.91904 | -30.361278 | 3x20 | |
04181 | Gugleilmo Mastroserio | 80701319 | Unknown XRB | 30 |