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Operations CXO Status Report
Friday 15 March 2002, 8am EST
During the last week the observing schedule was replanned twice
to include two observations accepted as Targets Of Opportunity
(TOO). The X-ray transient RX J170930.2-263927 was accepted on
11 March and observed on 12 March, and the supernova SN20020B
was accepted on 12 March and observed on 14 March. Observations
of IRAS20051-1117, PSS 0958+0740 and FTM0738+2750 were impacted
by the TOOs and will be observed in a later schedule.
Real-time procedures were completed nominally on 12 March to
update the spacecraft ephemeris and on 14 March to perform a
charge injection test with ACIS.
A press release was issued on March 13 announcing that the
"twin" quasars Q2345+007 A,B previously considered to be an
optical illusion, are now thought to have been produced by
merging galaxies. For details see: http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/02_releases/press_031302.html.
Of note this week is the deadline for submission of Chandra
cycle 4 proposals a 19:00 EST on March 15.
The observing schedule for the next week is shown below and
includes a follow-up observation of the TOO RX J170930.2-263927
and a phase constrained observation of Cgynus X-1.
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GRS 1758-258 ACIS-S/HETG Mar 17
RX J170930.2-263927 ACIS-S Mar 18
Cyg X-1 ACIS-S/HETG
A2259 ACIS-I
IC 342 X-1 ACIS-S
L1527 ACIS-I
IRAS 18325-5926 ACIS-S/HETG Mar 19
Radiation Belts
NGC 4038/NGC 4039 ACIS-S Mar 20
3C 279 ACIS-S/HETG Mar 21
Radiation Belts Mar 22
MACS-J1115.2+5320 ACIS-I
HS 0830+1833 ACIS-S Mar 23
HS 0854+0915 ACIS-S
Q1231+481 ACIS-S
SGR A* ACIS-I
IRAS 18325-5926 ACIS-S/HETG
SC 1120-1202 ACIS-I Mar 24
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All spacecraft subsystems continued to operate nominally
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