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Operations CXO Status Report
Friday 12 Dec 2003, 7.00am EST
During the last week Chandra completed the observing schedule
as planned.
A real-time procedure was completed on 9 Dec to compare the expected
and observed HRC anticoincident shield rates. The procedure was
completed as part of planning for the possible use of the HRC as
a backup radiation detector.
A Chandra press release was issued on Dec 8 describing an image
of the elliptical galaxy NGC 4261 that reveals dozens of black holes
and neutron stars strung out across the galaxy. The structure, which
is not apparent from the optical image of the galaxy, is thought
to be the remains of a collision between galaxies a few billion
years ago. For details see:http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/03_releases/press_120803.html
The observing schedule for the next week is shown below and includes
a series of calibration observations of E0102-72, an observation
of NGC 5408 coordinated with the VLA, and an observation of the
Earth during which Chandra will be aimed at a fixed point and the
Earth's polar cusp will drift through the HRC-I field of view. |
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Radiation Belts Dec 14
E0102-72 (7 obs) ACIS-S Dec 15
E0102-72 ACIS-I
Earth HRC-I
PMN J0324-2918 ACIS-S Dec 16
LBQS 2111-4335 ACIS-S
PKS2155-304 ACIS-S/LETG
E0102-72 (2 obs) ACIS-I
Radiation Belts
CLASS B0712+472 ACIS-S Dec 17
F1610-1418 ACIS-S Dec 18
E0102-72 (5 obs) ACIS-I
Radiation Belts Dec 19
B3 1614+473 ACIS-S Dec 20
HZ43 HRC-I/LETG
NGC 5408 ULX ACIS-S
HZ43 HRC-S/LETG
W 135 ACIS-S
H2106-099 HRC-S/LETG
E0102-72 ACIS-I Dec 22
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All spacecraft subsystems continued to support nominal operations.
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