Announcement and Proposal Submission

• First Announcement of Opportunity(AO-1) for observations with the X-ray astronomy satellite "Suzaku"
• New dead line for Suzaku AO-1 submission (2006-01-07)

Information on Suzaku

• the target list of observations during Phase I (Suzaku SWG Target List)
• Technical Description for AO-1(2005-11-15) [HTML | PDF | PostScript]
• response matrices for simulation [XIS | HXD]
  The XIS response page now includes links to blank sky background files suitable for simulation purposes. (2005-12-15)
• XIS Night Earth data available for further evaluation of feasbility, for observations that require an accurate accounting of the particle background. (2005-12-15)
• A note on observations of extended sources (how to take into account stray light and vignetting in estimating feasibility) (2005-12-09)
• An important note on low energy efficiency of Suzaku (2005-12-20)
• Release of XIS event simulator (xissim) (2005-12-23)
• Suzaku public data (2005-12-01)

General Planning Tools (HEASARC Tools page)

• For count rate simulations, use PIMMS (the command-line version) or W3pimms.
• WebSpec.
• When is a target available? Check with Viewing, which is correct for Suzaku. Note that, for AO-1, Suzaku operations team has imposed a Sun-angle range of 65-110 degrees.
• Linux and Solaris versions of Maki, a tool to investigate multi-mission observing windows and instrument Fields of View, are available.
• Coordinate Converter.
• W3nH - Neutral Hydrogen column density