Observing proposals for 2013
Approved observing proposals
PI |
Band |
Instrument |
Title |
Allocated Time |
Strategy |
UT observing dates |
Baganoff |
X-ray |
Chandra |
Monitoring the Tidal Disruption of a Gas Cloud Approaching Sgr A* |
6 x 20ksec |
Roughly monthly sampling around pericenter time |
|
Ponti |
X-ray |
Chandra / HETG |
X-ray monitoring of Sgr A* during outburst |
280ksec |
ToO: If SgrA* gets brighter than Lx = 10^36 erg/s |
|
Haggard |
X-ray |
Chandra |
Joint Chandra/XMM/EVLA Monitoring of the Gas Cloud G2 as it Encounters Sgr A* |
6 x 50ksec |
Roughly monthly sampling around pericenter time |
|
Haggard |
radio |
EVLA |
Joint Chandra/XMM/EVLA Monitoring of the Gas Cloud G2 as it Encounters Sgr A* |
6 x 7hrs |
Roughly monthly sampling near pericenter, simultaneous w/ Chandra obs |
|
Haggard |
X-ray |
XMM |
Joint Chandra/XMM/EVLA Monitoring of the Gas Cloud G2 as it Encounters Sgr A* |
1 x 30ksec |
Single obs. near pericenter |
|
public NRAO |
radio |
VLA |
Continuum monitoring |
13 x 2hrs x 8 bands |
initially bimonthly, then monthly monitoring |
|
Bower |
millimeter |
ALMA |
Continuum monitoring |
10 x 1hrs x 2 bands |
monthly monitoring beginning in 2013 |
|
public NRAO |
radio |
VLBA |
Angular size measurements and astrometry of SgrA* |
1 full track @ 2 bands |
single, pre-encounter, baseline measurement |
beginning of semester 2013A, eNews letter |
Sunyaev |
Gamma |
INTEGRAL |
Forthcoming major outburst of Sgr A*? Once in a life-time chance for INTEGRAL |
2000 ksec |
ToO |
|
Wilms |
Gamma |
INTEGRAL |
Observing the Galactic Center Region with INTEGRAL |
1000 ksec |
|
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Kuulkers |
Gamma |
INTEGRAL |
Regular and frequent INTEGRAL monitoring of the Galactic Bulge region |
479 ksec |
|
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Degenaar |
X-ray |
Swift |
Swift/XRT monitoring observations of the Galactic Center region |
82ks |
Bi-weekly monitoring (1ks/obs) |
April 1, 2012 - March 31, 2013 |
Yusef-Zadeh |
Gamma |
Fermi |
The Gamma-ray Variability of Sgr A* Induced by an Infalling Cloud |
duration of flare |
ToO: LAT flux >5x10-6 ph/cm2/s or enhanced Lx |
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Submitted observing proposals
PI |
Band |
Instrument |
Title |
Time Applied For |
Strategy |
Expected decision |
Gillessen |
NIR |
SINFONI/VLT |
Watching a gas cloud disrupt [...] |
70h |
Two epochs of deep integral field spectroscopy to follow evolution of line shape |
22.12.2012 |
Gillessen |
NIR |
NACO/VLT |
Watching a gas cloud disrupt [...] |
20h |
ToO: If SgrA* changes in 2013, get multi-band lightcurves |
22.12.2012 |
Ponti |
X-ray |
XMM |
Capturing a major accretion event of Sgr A* |
230ks |
ToO: If Sgr A* becomes brighter than 10^35 erg/s |
late 12-12 |
Ponti |
X-ray |
XMM |
Monitoring Sgr A* |
200ks |
Monitoring the cloud-SgrA* interaction |
late 12-12 |
Boller |
X-ray |
XMM |
Testing GR with XMM-Newton observations in the Galactic Centre |
50ks |
Selection of observable tests of GR with luminous features close to the GC, ToO |
late December 2012 |
Haggard |
X-ray |
Swift |
Swift Monitoring of the Encounter Between Sgr A* and the Gas Cloud G2 |
68ks |
Monitoring weekly, then twice weekly, then daily (near pericenter) |
late 2012 or early 2013 |
Ghez |
NIR |
Keck/OSIRIS & NIRC2 |
A LGS-AO Study of our Galaxy's Central Black Hole and its Environs |
18 x half-nights (~80 hours) |
Deep Imaging & Spectroscopy of the central arcsec |
Dec 1, 2012 |
Degenaar |
X-ray |
Swift |
Continuing a Swift legacy: the monitoring campaign of the Galactic Center |
248ks |
Daily monitoring (1ks/obs) |
April 1, 2013 - March 31, 2014 |