SUMMARY OF SEQUENCE NUMBER 400093
SUMMARY OF SEQUENCE NUMBER 400093
Title: TOO OBSERVATION OF THE RELATIVISTIC JET SOURCE CYGNUS X-3
Observer: ELSNER
Subject Category: BH and NS Binaries
Seq: 400093 ObsId: 00426
Long-term Plan bin: no LTS bin
ABSTRACT
In Feb 1997, during a major radio flare in Cyg X-3, a 120 milli-arcsecond radio jet, which exhibited relativistic (~0.9 c) expansion, was observed. Although Chandra would be unable to resolve such a jet, a high-resolution spectra taken during a major flare may contain Doppler shifted emission lines revealing the presence of an x-ray jet. Observations of Cyg X-3 during such a flare offers the very interesting possibility of studying the dynamics of jet formation and propagation through the study of emission lines with the high spectral resolution afforded by the HETG/ACIS SI configuration. The 20 ks length of the observation permits coverage over one complete 4.8 hour cycle. A second 20 ks observation 3 days later provides data for studying the spectral evolution that surely accompanies su
TARGET SUMMARY
| TARGET NAME |
RA | DEC |
TIME |
SI |
GRAT |
TYPE |
TC |
ROLL |
PRE |
PHASE |
MULTI |
PRI |
| CYG X-3 |
308.106250 | 40.957694 |
20.00000 |
ACIS-S |
HETG |
DDT |
yes |
no |
yes |
no |
no |
5 |
IMAGES
(NOTE: RASS images currently only available for targets LTS scheduled on or after Apr-09-2000)
PARAMETERS
Obscat Parameters
