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Operations CXO Status Report

Friday 26 May 2023 9.00am EDT

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

A Chandra image release was issued on May 23 describing new images that combine data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope. Chandra observes X-rays from cosmic objects, while Webb is sensitive to infrared light. These four new composites show how these two telescopes observe different types of phenomena. This compilation includes two different galaxies, a nebula where stars are forming, and a star cluster in a nearby galaxy. For details see: https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2023/chandrawebb2/

The schedule of targets for the next week is shown below and includes observations of SDSS J141645.57+534447.0, which are follow-ups to a Target of Opportunity which was accepted on May 2, observations of GRB 230506B Epoch2, which was accepted as a Target of Opportunity on May 12, and an observation of SN 2023ixf, which was accepted as a Director's Discretionary Time Target of Opportunity on May 22.



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        JWST-DTDF-1            ACIS-I       May 28
        Radiation Belts                     May 29
        CLJ225420.5-462049     ACIS-I
        GX340+0                ACIS-S/HETG
        2RXSJ232203.0-46530    ACIS-S       May 30
        ApepPlume              ACIS-S/HETG
        MCXCJ0027.3-5015       ACIS-I
        ApepPlume              ACIS-S/HETG
        SWIFTJ0007.8-4133      ACIS-I       May 31
        2MASXJ17050125-2445    ACIS-S
        arLac                  HRC-I
        SN2023ixf              ACIS-S
        Radiation Belts                     Jun  1
        JWST-DTDF-1            ACIS-I
        PSRJ1709-1640          ACIS-I
        GRB230506BEpoch2       ACIS-S
        2RXSJ171610.5-10534    ACIS-S       Jun  2
        GRB230506BEpoch2       ACIS-S
        2RXSJ165005.0-12231    ACIS-S
        JWST-DTDF-1            ACIS-I       Jun  3
        Abell2029              ACIS-I
        Radiation Belts
        SDSSJ141645.57+5344    ACIS-S
        SDSSJ120447.15+33093   ACIS-S       Jun  4
        RMJ154632.7+010443.4   ACIS-I
        XIBOO                  HRC-I
        HZ43                   HRC-I /LETG
        SDSSJ141645.57+5344    ACIS-S

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All spacecraft subsystems continued to support nominal operations.

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