AGILE
AGILE AO-1
The Italian Space Agency (ASI) announces the release of the first Announcement of Opportunity to solicit proposals for the Guest Observer Program (GOP) of the AGILE mission.

This announcement solicits proposals for observations to be carried out during the observing time beginning on December 1st, 2007, and lasting twelve months.
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Proposals may be submitted at any time during the period
starting 1 October 2007 and ending 31 October 2007
.

Top level documentation regarding this AO can be found here :

   • AAgile AO1 Approved Targets

   • Agile AO1 Polices and Procedures

   • Agile AO1 Pointing Plan

   • Agile AO1 Team Source List


Proposals may be prepared and submitted using a set of dedicated SSDC GOP on-line services (Proposal Preparation) .

Please remember that users must register in order to access the "proposal submission tool" and to prepare and update their proposals before final submission.




AGILE BASELINE POINTING PLAN (ABPP) - Cycle 1 :
The table provides the coordinates of the pointing centroids at the beginning of the pointing periods
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    l b RA (J2000)
DEC (J2000)
Start Observation
(UTC)
End Observation
(UTC)
3EG Sources in FOV Interactive
Aitoff map
  Cygnus Field 1
88.63 10.116
304.
20h 15m 59.9s
53.5
+53° 30' 0"
2007-12-01 2007-12-15 3EG Sources in Field 1 image
  Virgo Field
263.049 56.268
172.
11h 28m 0s
0.
+0° 0' 0"
2007-12-15 2008-01-08 3EG Sources in Field 2 image
  Vela Field
283.438 -6.794
147.
9h 48m 0s
-62.5
-62° 30' 0"
2008-01-08 2008-02-01 3EG Sources in Field 3 image
  South Gal. Pole
240.412 -50.852
58.
3h 52m 0s
-37.8
-37° 47' 59.9"
2008-02-01 2008-02-14 3EG Sources in Field 4 image
  Musca Field
302.662 -9.032
192.
12h 48m 0s
-71.9
-71° 54' 0"
2008-02-14 2008-03-01 3EG Sources in Field 5  
  Gal. Center
332.345 -0.099
244.
16h 15m 59.9s
-50.9
-50° 53' 59.9"
2008-03-01 2008-03-30 3EG Sources in Field 6  
  Anti-Center
192.67 8.151
101.
6h 44m 0s
21.7
+21° 41' 59.9"
2008-03-30 2008-04-10 3EG Sources in Field 7  
  Vulpecula Field
52.823 6.637
286.
19h 3m 59.9s
20.7
+20° 41' 59.9"
2008-04-10 2008-04-30 3EG Sources in Field 8 image
  North Gal. Pole
104.754 35.498
250.
16h 40m 0s
72.4
+72° 24' 0"
2008-04-30 2008-05-10 3EG Sources in Field 9 image
  Cygnus Field 2
73.859 0.423
304.
20h 15m 59.9s
35.9
+35° 53' 59.9"
2008-05-10 2008-06-30 3EG Sources in Field 10 image
  Antlia Field
282.446 10.1
162.
10h 48m 0s
-47.8
-47° 47' 59.9"
2008-06-30 2008-07-31 3EG Sources in Field 11  
  Musca Field
292.977 -7.811
165.
11h 0m 0s
-68.5
-68° 30' 0"
2008-07-31 2008-08-31 3EG Sources in Field 12  
  Norma Field
327.681 0.159
238.
15h 52m 0s
-53.8
-53° 47' 59.9"
2008-08-31 2008-09-15 3EG Sources in Field 13  
  Gal. Center
358.125 3.381
262.
17h 27m 59.9s
-28.7
-28° 41' 59.9"
2008-09-15 2008-09-30 3EG Sources in Field 14  
  Anti-Center
191.148 5.792
98.
6h 31m 59.9s
22.0
+22° 0' 0"
2008-09-30 2008-10-10 3EG Sources in Field 15  
  Aquila Field
38.534 0.471
285.
19h 0m 0s
5.2
+5° 12' 0"
2008-10-10 2008-10-31 3EG Sources in Field 16  
  Cygnus Field 3
69.708 6.455
295.
19h 40m 0s
35.5
+35° 30' 0"
2008-10-31 2008-11-30 3EG Sources in Field 17 image