What rules and limitations should I be aware of for non-GRB, non-ToO Swift observations?
• There are limits on observation length. Please see our FAQ question “What are the restrictions on observation length?” for further details. • There are restrictions on monitoring programs, where “monitoring” is defined as 2 or more observations of the same target. Please see our FAQ question about monitoring, above. • No more than 500 ks of observing time will be allocated to GO targets in each 6-hour range of right ascension (RA) in order to ensure that GO targets are distributed pseudo-uniformly on the sky. • No more than 20% of the accepted GO time will be awarded to time-constrained proposals. This includes phase-constrained proposals, coordinated observing campaigns with ground-based or satellite-based facilities, monitoring campaigns, etc. Note that the unique scheduling requirements of Swift put severe constraints on monitoring programs, and in particular, proposals requesting periodic monitoring will be rejected. Please see our FAQ question about monitoring for further detail
