RXTE/ASM lightcurves of SS433. Blue line weight 3 arrows designate Chandra observation times, blue line weight 2 arrows designate Suzaku observation times, blue line weight 1 arrows designate ASCA observation times, red arrows designate RXTE observation times, black arrows designate unidentified observation times.
Compiled by Michael Lannum, July 28, 2009. Updated by Harry Hausner, July 6, 2010.
List of Observation Times:
Instrument Exposure time Date Julian Date
RXTE There are 20 observations from this instrument, ranging from 1996-04-21 21:44:30.6 (2450195.405 UTC) to 2005-08-16 09:04:08 (2453598.877 UTC) and all above 10,000 seconds exposure time (from 10002 sec to 24673 sec).
ASCA There are 4 observations from this instrument, ranging from 1996-04-18 13:05:58 (2450192.045 UTC) to 2000-03-23 05:52:16 (2451626.744 UTC) and all above 10,000 seconds exposure time (from 17344 sec (gis), 15648 sec (sis) to 485248 sec (gis), 458704 sec (sis)).
Chandra (ACIS-S)
(HETG on) There are 11 observations from this instrument, ranging from 1999-09-23 12:18:50 (2451445.013 UTC) to 2005-08-17 22:41:53 (2453600.445 UTC) and all above 10,000 seconds exposure time (from 18800 sec to 74750 sec).
Suzaku 40197.6 2006-04-08 11:04:03 2453833.961 UTC
38676.7 2006-04-04 14:39:47 2453830.110 UTC
RXTE/ASM lightcurves of SS433. Blue arrows designate Chandra
observation times. Red arrows designate HST observation times. Magenta and yellow arrows designate HST:STIS observation times. Cyan arrows designate CGRO/OSSE observation times. By Brenny Costello, Dover Sherborn High School.