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Friday 1 June 2018 9.00am EDT
During the last week Chandra completed the observing schedule as planned. A Chandra press release was issued on May 31 describing a new study of GW170817. By comparing the Chandra observations with those by the Very Large Array, researchers explain the observed X-ray emission as being due entirely to a shock wave impacting the surrounding gas. There is no sign of X-rays resulting from a neutron star. Thus, the researchers in this study claim this is a strong case for the merger of two neutron stars to then produce bursts of radiation and form a black hole. For details see: http://chandra.si.edu/press/18_releases/press_053118.html The schedule of targets for the next week is shown below. |
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1RXSJ001420.5+085411 ACIS-I Jun 3
hetej1900.1-2455 ACIS-S
Radiation Belts Jun 4
Abell2146 ACIS-I
ULASJ0123+1525 ACIS-S
RYSct ACIS-I
CFHQSJ1509-1749 ACIS-S Jun 6
CDWFS ACIS-I
J110508.11+444447.1 ACIS-S
J0805+6144 ACIS-S Jun 7
Radiation Belts
Abell2146 ACIS-I
CGCG098-132 ACIS-S Jun 8
LHS3003 HRC-S
1E161348-5055 ACIS-S
ALPHABOO HRC-I Jun 9
LSBCF570-04 ACIS-S
Radiation Belts Jun 10
J0933+2845 ACIS-S
ALPHABOO HRC-I------------------------------------------
All spacecraft subsystems continued to support nominal operations.
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