Friday 21 July 2023 9.00am EDT
During the last week, Chandra completed the observing schedule as planned Chandra press and image releases were issued on Jul 20 describing observations of the galaxy cluster SPT-CL J2215-3537, the most distant "relaxed" galaxy cluster identified to date. A recent analysis discovered a tremendous quantity of new stars forming in the central galaxy. The formation of stars in the cluster’s central galaxy is fueled by the cooling of the hot gas when a cluster becomes relaxed. The central galaxy is also isolated indicating no mergers have occurred within the last billion years. For details see: https://chandra.harvard.edu/press/23_releases/press_072023.html The schedule of targets for the next week is shown below and includes an observation of XTE J1701-462, which is a follow-up to a Target of Opportunity accepted on Mar 28, and an observation of 4U 1626-67, which was accepted as a Director's Discretionary Time Target of Opportunity on Jul 7. |
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Radiation Belts Jul 23
QSOJ0041-4936 ACIS-I
DESJ0320-35 ACIS-S
UM85 ACIS-S
WINGSJ211347.41+022 ACIS-S Jul 25
NGC472 HRC-I
WINGSJ211347.41+022 ACIS-S
CFHQSJ022743-060530 ACIS-S
MACSJ2129.4-0741 ACIS-I Jul 26
Radiation Belts
CFHQSJ022743-060530 ACIS-S
NGC472 HRC-I Jul 27
CFHQSJ022743-060530 ACIS-S
MACSJ2129.4-0741 ACIS-I
NGC472 HRC-I
A3562 ACIS-I
ESO338-4 ACIS-I Jul 28
A3562 ACIS-I
ESO338-4 ACIS-I
XTEJ1701-462 ACIS-S
Radiation Belts Jul 29
SDSSJ123714.60+06475 ACIS-S
4U1626-67 ACIS-S/HETG
LEDA63981 ACIS-S
M87 HRC-I Jul 30
1E161348-5055.1 ACIS-S
LMCN132D HRC-I
NGC1399 ACIS-S------------------------------------------
All spacecraft subsystems continued to support nominal operations.
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Revised: July 08, 2022