PV Targets

Following the successful commissioning of spacecraft and payload, XRISM will undergo a 6-months Performance Verification (PV) Phase. The goal of this phase is to showcase the XRISM transformational science, while providing the scientific community worldwide with a comprehensive set of experiments thoroughly verifying the capability of the mission to fulfill all its scientific goals.

Data of the PV phase observations are reserved to the members of the XRISM Science Team, as well as to a small number of "XRISM Guest Scientists" to be appointed by the XRISM Participating Agencies by the end of 2021. Data will be made public following the rules holding for all XRISM proprietary data.

Category Target Exposure (ks) Priority Remarks
GC 4U 1916-053 50 A
GC 4U 1624-490 50 A
GC GX 13+1 30 A
GC Cyg X-1 100 A
GC SS 433 80 A
GC Cyg X-3 40 A
GC Cen X-3 90 A
GC Eta Carinae 100 A
GC V834 Cen 100 A
GC GT Mus 90 A ToO
GC SS Cygni (flare) 100 A ToO
GC T Cor Bor 150 A ToO
GC 2S 0921-630 80 C
GC Cir X-1 40 C
GC Vela X-1 70 C
GC SS Cygni (quiescence) 100 C
GD SN1006 pointing 1 20 A
GD SN1006 pointing 2 60 A
GD SN1987A 100 A
GD Cygnus Loop pointing 1 50 A
GD Cygnus Loop pointing 2 30 A
GD Cygnus Loop pointing 3 20 A
GD Tycho SNR pointing 1 75 A
GD Tycho SNR pointing 2 75 A
GD W49B pointing 1 100 A
GD W49B pointing 2 100 A
GD Cas A 50 A
GD Galactic Center pointing 1 100 A
GD Galactic Center pointing 2 100 A
GD GX 13+1 60 A
GD GX 340+0 150 A
GD Comet 100 A
GD SN1006 pointing 3 80 C
GD Galactic Center pointing 3 100 C
GD Cygnus Loop pointing 4 40 C
GD Tycho SNR pointing 3 20 C
GD Tycho SNR pointing 4 20 C
GD Tycho SNR pointing 5 20 C
GD Tycho SNR pointing 6 20 C
GD Tycho SNR pointing 7 20 C
GD Kepler SNR 50 C
GD 3C397 100 C
GD RCW86 pointing 1 100 C
GD RCW86 pointing 2 50 C
GD Cyg X-2 240 C
GD Jupiter 100 C
GD Carina Nebula 30 C
EGC Centaurus A 100 A
EGC Circinus Galaxy 100 A
EGC MCG-6-30-15 100 A
EGC NGC 1365 pointing 1 125 A
EGC NGC 1365 pointing 2 125 A
EGC NGC 3783 200 A
ECG NGC 4151 pointing 1 45 A
EGC NGC 4151 pointing 2 45 A
EGC NGC 4151 pointing 3 45 A
EGC NGC 4151 pointing 4 45 A
EGC PDS456 150 A
EGC IRASF05189 100 C
EGC M81* 100 C
EGC Mkn 766 80 C
EGC NGC 4388 100 C
EGD M82 50 A
EGD NGC 4636 100 A
EGD Perseus Cluster pointing 1 50 A
EGD Perseus Cluster pointing 2 50 A
EGD Perseus Cluster pointing 3 80 A
EGD Perseus Cluster pointing 4 100 A
EGD Virgo Cluster/M87 pointing 1 100 A
EGD Virgo Cluster/M87 pointing 2 150 A
EGD Virgo Cluster/M87 pointing 3 100 A
EGD Virgo Cluster/M87 pointing 4 150 A
EGD Coma Cluster pointing 1 200 A
EGD Centaurus Cluster 150 A
EGD Abell 2029 pointing 1 250 A
EGD Abell 2029 pointing 2 50 A
EGD Abell 2029 pointing 3 20 A
EGD Perseus Cluster pointing 5 200 C
EGD Abell 3667 180 C
EGD M51 70 C
EGD Coma Cluster pointing 2 100 C
EGD NGC 5044 100 C

Note:

Priority “A” targets will be given the highest scheduling priority.

“C” priority targets that are not observed by the end of the PV phase will not be automatically done later in the mission.

The accurate aim position of each observation will be announced soon.

Category name: GC stands for Galactic Compact, GD for Galactic Diffuse, EGC for Extra-Galactic Compact, and EGD for Extra-Galactic Diffuse.