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Friday 12 June 2009 9.00am EDT
| During the last week Chandra completed the observing schedule as
planned.
Chandra passed through the fourth and fifth eclipses of the 2009 summer eclipse season on June 7 and 9 with nominal power and thermal performance. A Chandra image release was issued on 9 June in conjunction with the AAS in Pasadena describing observations of the supernova remnant SNR 0104-72.3. The combined Chandra and Spitzer image shows an iron-rich lobe-dominated structure, unlike the more typical circular SNR structures. Possible explanations include a complex surrounding environment or an asymmetric explosion. For details see: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/snr0104/ The schedule of targets for the next week is shown below. |
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RCW86pointsource ACIS-S Jun 14 G333.6-0.2 ACIS-I Radiation Belts Jun 15 AEGIS-3 ACIS-I MS0735.6+7421 ACIS-I Jun 16 1622-297 ACIS-S Jun 17 Radiation Belts Jun 18 31Com HRC-I MS0735.6+7421 ACIS-I 31Com HRC-I Jun 19 AXJ172050-3710 ACIS-S NGC5946 ACIS-S Jun 20 AXJ154557-5443 ACIS-S Radiation Belts SDSSJ1153+6753 ACIS-S Jun 21 SDSSJ1150+6544 ACIS-S Centaurus A ACIS-I F21329-2346 ACIS-S IC5179 ACIS-S
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All spacecraft subsystems continued to support nominal operations.
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