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A brief description of the listed parameters is given here.

General Parameters

Sequence Number:400005Status:observedObsID #:92Proposal Number:01400049
Proposal Title:MEASURING BLACK HOLE SPIN
Target Name:LMCX-3SI Mode:TE_002BA
Instrument:ACIS-SGrating:HETGType:GTO
PI Name:GarmireObserver:Feigelson Exposure Time:20.000000 ks
RA:05:38:56.40Dec:-64:05:01.50

Constraints

Offset: Y:NULL arcminZ:NULL arcminZ-Sim:NULL mmSim-Focus:NULL mm
Focus:NULLRaster Scan:NDither:NULL
Solar System Object:NObject:NONEPhotometry:NV Mag:NULL
Count Rate:16.5000001st Order Rate:9.450000
Roll Angle Constraints: Roll Angle:NULLTolerance:NULL
Temporal Window: Start: NULL Stop: NULL
Note: If Start and Stop are set to 'NULL', this observation has no time window
Phase Constraint:YEpoch:50409.500000Period:198.000000
Min:0.000000Min Err:0.100000Max:0.100000Max Err:0.010000
Monitoring Observation: Min Int:NULLMax Int:NULL
Follows ObsID#:NULL
Note: If Min Int and Max Int are set to 'NULL', this is not a monitoring observation
Remarks: LMC X-3 SHOWS LARGE LONG-TERM VARIATION WITH A PERIOD OF ROUGHLY 198 DAYS. BASED ON THE ASC LIGHT CURVE AND PREVIOUS STUDIES, A TENTATIVE EPHEMERIS IS T(N) = JD 2450410 + N*198, WITH PHASE 0 AT THE PRIMARY PEAK. THIS EPHEMERIS WILL IMPROVE AS MORE CYCLES ARE ACCUMULATED BY THE ASM. WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE OBSERVATION SCHEDULED NEAR PRIMARY PEAKS.

HRC Parameters

HRC Configuration:NULLZero Block:NULL

ACIS Parameters

ACIS Exposure Mode:TEEvent TM Format:FFrame Time:3.200000
Standard Chips:N
     I0:NI1:N    
    I2:NI3:N    
S0:YS1:YS2:YS3:YS4:YS5:Y

Subarray Type:NONEStart:NULLRows:NULLFrame Time:NULL
Duty Cycle:YNumber:8Tprimary:0.300000Tsecondary:3.200000
Onchip Summing:NRows:1Columns:1
Event Filter:NLower:NULLRange:NULL
Window Filter:NStart Row:NULLStart Column:NULL
Height:NULLWidth:NULL
Lower Energy:NULLEnergy Range:NULLSample Rate:NULL
Bias:NFrequency:NULLAfter:NULL

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