XMM-Newton Target of Opportunity (ToO)
ToO Policies & Procedures
Targets of Opportunity are subject to the policies and procedures contained within the XMM-Newton Policies & Procedures Document.This document is available in our Documentation section, where it may be viewed or downloaded in both PDF or Postscript format. Please pay particular attention to Paragraph 3.4 and especially Section 3.4.1, on Page 6, which makes reference to ToO Alerts.
ToO Alert
Investigators may notify the XMM-Newton SOC of a Target Of Opportunity online.Simply complete the details on the ToO Alert Page.
Outstanding accepted ToO's and triggered observations
A list of ToO and triggered observations accepted by the XMM-Newton Observing time allocation committee which are currently not fulfilled is also available at this link.ToO Details
The following list comprises performed ToO's.Please note the status of the data is denoted using the following acronyms;
- ToO (public): Target of Opportunity (data are public w.r.t. datarights)
- ToO (12-Apr-2002): Target of Opportunity (data are public after the given date due to violation of datarights of an accepted GO or GT target
- DPS: Observed in discretionary time of Project Scientist
- ALO: Observation close to the coordinates in opposite to the Leonides during meteoric shower for security reasons
- REQ: The data will be made available upon request
The links from entries in this table are as follows:
- Rev: link to the orbit/date calculator to check the observation date
- Observation Id: link to the corresponding entry in the Observation Status Log Tables
- Target: link to the dedicated ToO target page (when available)
- ODF Data: link to the ODF data for download from the XSA archive, when available (the typical production time for an ODF is approximately 2 weeks)
- PPS Data: link to the PPS data for download from the XSA archive, when available (the typical production time for PPS Data is approximately 6 weeks)
| Rev | Observation Id | Target | RA | Dec | Exp. Time (ksec) |
Data Status | ODF Data when available |
PPS Data when available |
Comments |
| 1520 | 0510181601 | GRB080328 | 05:21:55.65 | 47:30:37.3 | 32.6 | ToO (Public) | ODF Data | PPS Data | - |
| 1517 | 0512180101 | IGRJ16479-4514 | 16:48:06.60 | -45:12:08.0 | 39.0 | ToO (TBD) | ODF Data | PPS Data | (Dr. E. Bozzo) |
| 1494 | 0511580401 | 1H0707-495 | 07:08:41.5 | -49:33:06.0 | 120.0 | DPS (11-Mar-2009) | ODF Data | PPS Data | (Prof. A. Fabian) |
| 1493 | 0511580301 | 1H0707-495 | 07:08:41.5 | -49:33:06.0 | 120.0 | DPS (11-Mar-2009) | ODF Data | PPS Data | (Prof. A. Fabian) |
| 1492 | 0511580201 | 1H0707-495 | 07:08:41.5 | -49:33:06.0 | 120.0 | DPS (11-Mar-2009) | ODF Data | PPS Data | (Prof. A. Fabian) |
| 1491 | 0511580101 | 1H0707-495 | 07:08:41.5 | -49:33:06.0 | 120.0 | DPS (11-Mar-2009) | ODF Data | PPS Data | (Prof. A. Fabian) |
| 1489 | 0511581601 | GRB080120 | 15:01:03.10 | -10:52:30.0 | 35.0 | ToO (Public) | ODF Data | PPS Data | - |
| 1488 | 0511581401 | GRB080120 | 15:01:03.10 | -10:52:30.0 | 25.5 | ToO (Public) | ODF Data | PPS Data | - |
| 1486 | 0511581301 | IGR 15010113-1053074 | 15:01:01.13 | -10:53:07.4 | 18.6 | ToO (Public) | ODF Data | PPS Data | - |
| 1479 | 0510011501 | XMMU J122939.7+07533 | 12:29:39.70 | +07:53:33.0 | 11.5 | ToO (Public) | ODF Data | PPS Data | - |
| 1461 | 0510011401 | IGR J20188+3647 | 20:18:48.00 | +36:47:31.2 | 21.6 | ToO (Public) | ODF Data | PPS Data | - |
| 1459 | 0510011301 | X070610 | 19:55:09.70 | +26:14:05.9 | 18.9 | ToO (Public) | ODF Data | PPS Data | - |
| 1445 | 0510010901 | XMMSL1 J070542.5-381 | 07:05:42.50 | -38:14:43.2 | 6.6 | ToO (Public) | ODF Data | PPS Data | - |
| 1410 | 0510010801 | SN 2007gr | 02:43:27.98 | +37:20:44.7 | 8.0 | ToO (Public) | ODF Data | PPS Data | - |
| 1404 | 0410581901 | 1E 1547.0-5408 | 15:50:54.10 | -54:18:24.0 | 18.0 | ToO (Public) | ODF Data | PPS Data | - |
| 1396 | 0410582001 | CXOM31 J004059.2+411551 | 00:49:59.20 | +41:15:51.2 | 23.1 | ToO (Public) | ODF Data | PPS Data | - |
| 1389 | 0510010701 | Mkn 335 | 00:06:19.50 | +20:12:11.0 | 28.9 | REQ | ODF Data | PPS Data | (please contact N.Schartel) |
| 1378 | 0510010501 | XMMSL1_J060636.2 | 06:06:37.00 | -69:49:33.9 | 11.0 | ToO (Public) | ODF Data | PPS Data | - |
| 1376 | 0510010601 | 1E1048.1-5937 | 10:50:07.10 | -59:53:21.4 | 50.0 | ToO (Public) | ODF Data | PPS Data | - |
| 1352 | 0510181401 | GRB 070411 | 07:09:19.93 | +01:03:52.6 | 20.0 | ToO (Public) | ODF Data | PPS Data | - |
| 1338 | 0510010401 | AX J1749.1-2733 | 17:49:09.00 | -27:33:13.9 | 13.3 | ToO (Public) | ODF Data | PPS Data | - |
| 1338 | 0410581701 | GX 339-4 | 17:02:49.50 | -48:47:23.0 | 20.0 | ToO (Public) | ODF Data | PPS Data | - |
| 1337 | 0410581101 | SN 2005kd | 04:03:16.88 | +71:43:18.9 | 55.3 | ToO (Public) | ODF Data | PPS Data | - |
| 1330 | 0510010101 | XTE J1856+053 | 18:56:42.90 | +05:18:33.8 | 10.3 | ToO (Public) | ODF Data | PPS Data | - |
| 1325 | 0410581301 | GX 339-4 | 17:02:49.50 | -48:47:23.0 | 17.8 | ToO (Public) | ODF Data | PPS Data | - |
| 1318 | 0410581201 | GX 339-4 | 17:02:49.50 | -48:47:23.0 | 16.8 | ToO (Public) | ODF Data | PPS Data | - |
| 1317 | 0410580601 | CXOU J164710.2-45521 | 16:47:10.20 | -45:52:16.0 | 22.0 | ToO (Public) | ODF Data | PPS Data | - |
| 1313 | 0410581401 | 4U 0142+61 | 01:46:22.42 | +61:45:02.8 | 19.0 | ToO (TBD) | ODF Data | PPS Data | (Dr. V. Kaspi) |
| 1273 | 0311792101 | GRB061121 | 09:48:54.30 | -13:11:45.9 | 39.8 | REQ | ODF Data | PPS Data | (please contact N.Schartel) |
| 1263 | 0411980301 | XMMSL1 J093922.5+370 | 09:39:22.90 | +37:09:44.0 | 8.0 | ToO (Public) | ODF Data | PPS Data | - |
| 1252 | 0410180501 | RS Oph | 17:50:13.20 | -06:42:28.0 | 50.3 | ToO (Public) | ODF Data | PPS Data | - |
(*) These observations were undertaken during high background radiation conditions.
For ToO data prior to revolution 1250, please refer to the ToO Archive Page