SOT Shift Report 2003-08-15 M1485 Duration: 15 Aug 2003 14:10 EDT - 15 Aug 2003 15:10 EDT 15 Aug 2003 18:10 GMT - 15 Aug 2003 19:10 GMT SOT Lead: Tom Aldcroft ======================================== Plan ---- Continue with AUG1103C load: obtain a high-resolution grating spectrum of the polar AM Herculis in a high state; observe the cluster EXO0422 as part of the HIFLUGCS cluster survey; monitoring the X-ray transient AGN RX J2217.9-5941 to understand the cause of variability; observe the faint neutron star soft X-ray transient SAX J1810-2609 in quiescence; Study temporal/spectral variability of the ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 5204 X-1 to see if there is a link with Galactic microquasars 03769 AM HERCULIS 2003:227:13:45:32.389 93.0 ACIS-S HETG 04183 EXO0422 2003:228:16:20:33.537 10.0 ACIS-I NONE 03557 RX J2217.9-5941 2003:228:19:42:08.379 5.0 ACIS-S NONE 03827 SAX J1810.8-2609 2003:228:21:37:17.751 35.0 ACIS-S NONE 03937 NGC 5204 X-1 2003:229:08:20:51.603 4.8 ACIS-S NONE Events ------ 18:10 AOS on DSS-24 19:10 LOS Notes/Issues/Problems --------------------- - Soft proton rates (ACE) are moderate and unstable, after having risen sharply for several hours ACE 130-214 keV proton fluences (p/cm2-sr-MeV) and Costello predicted activity index OBSERVED SOT alert ------------ ------------- 2-hour Fluence: 2.2e6 3.6E+8 Orbital Fluence (CRM): 7.3e7 3.0E+9 Kp: 2.0 6.0 - EPHIN rates are low Snapshot -------- Snapshot matches predicted configuration: UTC 2003:227:18:17:02 (Aug15) f_ACE 7.32e+02 F_CRM 7.29e+07 Kp 2.0 R km 94641A OBT 2003:227:18:16:36 CTUVCDU 10358458 OBC s/w NRML FMT2_NORM CPEstat NORM OBT 177358596.58 ONLVCDU 10358448 OBC Errs 0 OBSID 3769 EPState SUN SIM TTpos 74423 HETG Angle 5.96 PCADMODE NPNT RA 274.062 Bus V 30.24 SIM FApos -467 LETG Angle 77.59 PCONTROL NPNT Dec 49.896 Bus I 30.77 AOFSTAR GUID Roll 230.008 ACA Object FFFSSSSS Dither ENAB HRC-I HV OFF ACA ImFunc TTTTTTTT Dith Yang 1.97 Yaw Rate -0.10 HRC-S HV ON ACA CCD Temp -15.6 Dith Zang -1.94 Pitch Rate -0.01 OBSMode NEXT ACA Int Time 1.698 Roll Rate -0.32 Door OP UNAC AOACSTAT OK FSS SunBeta SUN Door CL UNAC FSS Alfa -0.13 Batt 1 SOC 100.00% Avg HRMA Temp 70.63 FSS Beta -12.45 Batt 2 SOC 100.00% ACIS Stat7-0 65 Avg OBA Temp 51.29 SA Resolv 102.41 Batt 3 SOC 100.00% Cold Rad -125.5 OBA Tavg Fault NFLT SA Sun Pres ILLM Warm Rad -82.0 OBA Trng Fault NFLT +Y SA Amps 14.88 RadMon ENAB HRMA power 89.70 SCS 128 ACT -Y SA Amps 15.66 EPHIN Geom LARG OBA power 61.70 SCS 129 ACT +Y SA Temp 109.28 E150 0.7 SCS 130 ACT -Y SA Temp 109.28 E300 0.0 Roll Mom. -10.488 SCS 107 INAC E1300 0.0 Pitch Mom. 4.856 UpL Cmd Acc 62269 EPH A-Leak 1.0200 P4GM 0.0 Yaw Mom. 16.634 Cmd Rej A 173 EPH B-Leak 0.4080 P41GM 0.0 Gyro 1 Curr 1 7.20 Roll Bias -0.4729 Gyro 1 Curr 2 9.60 Pitch Bias -1.8628 Gyro 2 Curr 1 96.00 Yaw Bias -0.8485 Gyro 2 Curr 2 96.00 Explanation Current Data: UTC 2003:227:18:17:02 (Aug15) f_ACE 7.32e+02 F_CRM 7.29e+07 Kp 2.0 R km 94641A Currently scheduled FPSI, OTG : ACIS-S HETG Estimated Kp : 2.00 ACE EPAM P3 Proton Flux (p/cm^2-s-sr-MeV) : 7.32e+02 GOES-10 P2 flux, in RADMON P4GM units : 0.00 GOES-12 P2 flux, in RADMON P4GM units : 0.00 GOES-10 P5 flux, in RADMON P41GM units : 0.01 GOES-12 P5 flux, in RADMON P41GM units : 0.02 Orbit Start Time : 2003:227:05:24:00 Geocentric Distance (km), Orbit Leg : 94441 A CRM Region : 2 (Magnetosheath) External Proton Flux (p/cm^2-s-sr-MeV) : 1.81213500000e+03 Attenuated Proton Flux (p/cm^2-s-sr-MeV) : 3.62427000000e+02 External Proton Orbital Fluence (p/cm^2-sr-MeV) : 7.56302460690e+09 Attenuated Proton Orbital Fluence (p/cm^2-sr-MeV) : 7.29059053800e+07