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

A Chandra image release was issued on Aug 17 describing observations of the supernova remnant G11.2-0.3. New Chandra data of the supernova remnant G11.2-0.3 raise new questions about the timing of its origin. Previously, G11.2-0.3 was associated with an event recorded by Chinese observers in 386 CE. Chandra observations show that dense gas clouds lie along the line of sight between Earth and G11.2-0.3. This new information means that the supernova explosion would have been too faint to be seen with the naked eye from Earth. For details see: http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2016/g11/

Of note this week was "Chandra Science for the Next Decade" science workshop held in Cambridge MA, Aug 16-19.

The schedule of targets for the next week is shown below and includes observations of M31-NuSTAR-A and NGC 3783 coordinated with NuSTAR.