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 |
|
Haggards |
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 |
|
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 |
NIR |
NACO/VLT |
Watching a gas cloud disrupt [...] |
20h |
ToO: If SgrA* changes in 2013, get multi-band lightcurves |
22.12.2012 |