Operations CXO Status Report Friday 9 August 2002

Status Report From: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Posted: Friday, August 9, 2002

During the last week, Chandra completed the observing schedule as planned.

Observations included a target of opportunity, GX 1+4, coordinated with RXTE; an observation of Uranus; a simultaneous ACIS/HRC observation in which HRC-I observed RXJ1856.5-3754 while ACIS observed the background; and two observations coordinated with ground telescopes.

Chandra passed through eclipses 1 and 2 of the 2002 Fall season on August 7 and 9 with nominal power and thermal performance.

A routine real-time procedure was completed on August 7 to update the ephemeris.

A press release was issued on August 8 featuring a composite x-ray, radio and optical image of Centaurus A (http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/02_releases/press_080702.html) that is believed to provide evidence of a giant eruption in the center of the galaxy about 10 million years ago.

The observing schedule for next week is shown below.

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M31                     ACIS-I       Aug 11
TEV J2032+4130          ACIS-I
GROTH-WESTPHAL FIELD    ACIS-I
Radiation Belts                      Aug 12
GROTH-WESTPHAL FIELD    ACIS-I
Radiation Belts                      Aug 14
IM PEG                  ACIS-S/HETG  Aug 15
PSS 2311+1644           ACIS-S
BETA CETI               HRC-S/LETG
4U 1850-087             ACIS-S/LETG  Aug 16
1E 1740.7-2942          ACIS-S       Aug 17
Radiation Belts
2S 1845-024             ACIS-S       Aug 18
AQL X-1                 ACIS-S
A2065                   ACIS-I
NGC7052                 ACIS-S
A2409                   ACIS-I
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All spacecraft subsystems continued to operate nominally.

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