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Proposal ID 1220014
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Title Keeping watch over our Galaxy - the return of the GPS3
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DOI https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-4mqjow4
Author Bazzano
Abstract The survey of the Galactic Plane has been one of the main INTEGRAL scientific objectives both because of the scientific potential of new source discovery and detailed monitoring of already known sources. We propose for a total of 3Ms observations (between AO12 and AO13) to continue our Key Program started in AO8 for covering the Plane with regular scans every orbit. Our purpose is to regularly monitor known systems as well as to dramatically enhance the chances of discovering new systems during the regular scans of our Galaxy. This program will allow a rapid response to bright events and a detailed study of faint transients and their long term activity. Such a programme will be of high value to a very large fraction of the high-energy astronomy community, stimulating science immediately, and furthermore contributing greatly to the INTEGRAL legacy. Also, in order to maximise the engagement of the scientific community, we will continue to make the observations public immediately. The team will make, as it has through AO8-11, the scw-resolution IBIS and JEM-X light curves (in two energy bands) and per revolution mosaic images publicly available through the web as soon as possible after the observations have been performed. Any interesting source behaviour that emerges from our observations will be announced promptly, so that rapid follow-up by the community is possible, as it has been already demonstrated.
Publications
Temporal Coverage 2015-10-23T16:17:53Z / 2015-12-25T20:57:50Z
Version 1.0
Mission Description The INTEGRAL (International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory) mission, launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) on October 17, 2002, was designed to study high-energy phenomena in the universe. INTEGRAL was operating until february 2025 and it was equipped with three high-energy instruments: the Imager on Board the INTEGRAL Satellite (IBIS), the Spectrometer on INTEGRAL (SPI), and the JEM-X (Joint European Monitor for X-rays). Its Optical Monitoring Camera (OMC) provided optical V-band magnitude measurements, complementing the high-energy observations.
Creator Contact https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/integral/helpdesk
Date Published 2025-03-25T09:54:37Z
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, Bazzano, 2025, 'Keeping watch over our Galaxy - the return of the GPS3', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-4mqjow4