Chandra Digest (Apr 4): Coma Cluster
** Coma Cluster: Gas Clouds Strike A Delicate Balance
The Chandra image shows the central region – about 1.5 million light
years across – of the Coma Cluster. The cluster contains thousands of
galaxies enveloped by a vast 100 million-degree Celsius gas cloud. Of
particular interest are the concentrations of cooler (10 to 20
million-degrees) gas around the large galaxies NGC 4889 and NGC 4874.
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2002/0150/
** Operations CXO Status Report (Friday 03/29/02)
During the last week the observing schedule was replanned to include an
observation of the Gamma Ray Burster GRB020321 that was accepted as a
Target Of Opportunity (TOO) on 24 March. Observation of FTM0906+4952 and
HS 0848+1119 were impacted by the TOO and will be rescheduled in a later
load.
