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Operations CXO Status Report
Friday 6/8/01 7.00am EDT
During the last week, Chandra completed the observing schedule as planned.
Of note last week were two Chandra press releases announced at the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in Pasadena, CA. The first on Jun 5 described the discovery of new populations of suspected mid-mass black holes in several starburst galaxies, where stars form and explode at an unusually high rate. The second on Jun 6 described the discovery of a "cauldron" of 60-million-degree gas enveloping a cluster of young stars near the center of our galaxy. Full details for these releases can be found at: http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/01_releases/press_060501.html, and http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/01_releases/press_060601.html.
See also http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/aas/jun01/ for reports and pictures from the AAS.
The planned observations for the coming week are shown below and include a series of observations of the quasar 3C273 coordinated with the Newton-XMM satellite. Real-time activities are planned on June 13-16 to insert and retract the LETG.
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NGC 3607/NGC 3608 ACIS-I Jun 11
Radiation Belts Jun 12
HR 5512 HRC-I
2MASSJ163700+2221 ACIS-I Jun 13
3C273 ACIS-S/HETG
3C273 ACIS-S/LETG
3C273 HRC-S/LETG
NGC3115 ACIS-S Jun 14
NGC3923 ACIS-S
Radiation Belts
3C273 ACIS-S/LETG Jun 15
PKS0745-191 ACIS-S Jun 16
Abell 2163 ACIS-I Jun 16
SGR1900+14 ACIS-I Jun 17
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All spacecraft subsystems continued to operate nominally.
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