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Operations CXO Status Report

Friday 13 February 2015 9.00am EDT

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

A Chandra image release was issued on Feb 12 describing observations of the supernova remnant G299.2-2.9. The shape of the supernova remnant today gives clues about the explosion that created it about 4,500 years ago. G299.2-2.9 belongs to the class of supernovas known as Type Ias. Astronomers are trying to determine the exact mechanisms that produce these particular explosions. For details see: http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2015/g299/

The schedule of targets for the next week is shown below



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        He2-10                 ACIS-S       Feb 16
        NGC4254                ACIS-I
        SwiftJ1644+57          ACIS-S       Feb 17
        Radiation Belts
        MACSJ1149.5+2223       ACIS-I       Feb 18
        LBQS1203+1530          ACIS-S
        NGC5023                ACIS-S       Feb 19
        G55.6+2.0              ACIS-I
        RXJ0132.6-0804         ACIS-I
        30Doradus              ACIS-I
        Radiation Belts                     Feb 20
        RXJ0806                ACIS-I
        NGC406                 ACIS-S       Feb 21
        SerX-1                 ACIS-S/HETG
        NGC4387                ACIS-S
        Xclass2305             ACIS-S       Feb 22
        2FGLJ1839.0-0102       ACIS-I
        SwiftJ1644+57          ACIS-S
        Radiation Belts

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All spacecraft subsystems continued to support nominal operations.

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