Operations CXO Status Report Friday 9 August 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.
------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------
All spacecraft subsystems continued to operate nominally.
