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Operations CXO Status Report

During the last week the observing schedule was replanned to incorporate an observation of IGR J17091-3624, which was accepted as a Target of Opportunity on Mar 25. A scheduled observation of SDSS J135646.10+1026 was impacted by the replan and will be rescheduled in a future week.

A Chandra press release was issued on Mar 25 announcing the selection of the 20165 Einstein Fellows, who will conduct research related to NASA's Physics of the Cosmos (PCOS) program. For details see: http://chandra.si.edu/press/16_releases/press_032516.html

A Chandra press release was issued on Mar 30 describing observation of G1.9+0.3, the Milky Way's most recent known supernova. G1.9+0.3 is the remains of a star that exploded around the turn of the 20th century in Earth's time frame. This object is a Type Ia supernova, which astronomers use to measure the expansion rate of the Universe. Chandra data were used to study how the supernova's blast wave interacted with surrounding material, providing clues to the explosion's origin. For details see: http://chandra.si.edu/press/16_releases/press_033016.html

The schedule of targets for the next two weeks is shown below and includes an observation of NGC 2808, which was accepted as a Target of Opportunity on Mar 28, an observation of M82 offset 1 coordinated with NuSTAR, and an observation of SDSS J1407+1904 coordinated with ground-based observatories.

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        NGC5972                ACIS-S       Apr  4
        SDSSJ1407+1904         ACIS-S
        NGC4138                ACIS-S
        Radiation Belts                     Apr  5
        M82offset1             ACIS-I
        MACSJ1447.4+0827       ACIS-I
        J095418.15+471725.1    ACIS-S       Apr  6
        MACSJ1447.4+0827       ACIS-I
        SDSSJ151352.52+0855    ACIS-S
        NuSTARJ211935+3336.    ACIS-S       Apr  7
        A1795                  ACIS-I
        Radiation Belts                     Apr  8
        A1795                  ACIS-S
        3CR69                  ACIS-S
        A1795 (3 obs)          ACIS-S
        CODEX24865             ACIS-I       Apr  9
        NGC2808                HRC-S
        VV807                  ACIS-S
        A1795                  ACIS-I
        HZ43                   HRC-S/LETG
        A1795                  ACIS-I       Apr 10
        CODEX35399             ACIS-I
        Radiation Belts
        Abell1795outskirts     ACIS-I
        HD191612               ACIS-S/HETG  Apr 11
        A1795 (3 obs)          ACIS-I       Apr 12
        HD191612               ACIS-S/HETG
        NGC4914                ACIS-S
        Radiation Belts                     Apr 13
        Abell1795outskirts     ACIS-I
        LBQS1212+1445          ACIS-S
        A1795                  ACIS-I       Apr 14
        NGC4051                ACIS-S/HETG
        SPT-CLJ0459-4947       ACIS-I
        Abell1795outskirts     ACIS-I
        A1795                  ACIS-I       Apr 15
        NGC4051                ACIS-S/HETG
        Radiation Belts                     Apr 16
        SPT-CLJ0640-5113       ACIS-I
        NGC4785                ACIS-S
        A1795 (3 obs)          ACIS-I
        A1795                  ACIS-I
        IC4395                 ACIS-S
        IC1185                 ACIS-S
        A2050                  ACIS-I
        SPT-CLJ0459-4947       ACIS-I
        Radiation Belts                     Apr 18

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All spacecraft subsystems continued to support nominal operations.

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Revised: July 08, 2022