Friday 29 September 2023 9.00am EDT
During the last week Chandra completed the observing schedule as planned. Chandra passed through the 8th, 9th and 10th eclipses of the season on Sep 22, 25, and 27 respectively, with nominal power and thermal performance. Chandra press and image releases were issued on Sep 26 describing a movie made from images of Eta Carinae taken by Chandra over the last 20 years. The Eta Carinae system contains two massive stars. In 1843, the system experienced a huge explosion that has been dubbed the "Great Eruption." The time-lapse sequence shows clear changes over time. The data, combined with that of XMM-Newton, indicate the existence of a prior eruption sometime between 1200 and 1800. For details see: https://chandra.si.edu/press/23_releases/press_092623.html The schedule of targets for the next week is shown below. |
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PSZ2G075.85+15.53 ACIS-S Oct 1
Abell2744 ACIS-I
Vega HRC-S Oct 2
Vega HRC-I
Vega HRC-S
Vega HRC-S
Vega HRC-S
SS433w2 ACIS-I
Abell2744 ACIS-I
m31 HRC-I
SDSSJ072517.52+4345 ACIS-S Oct 3
Radiation Belts
Slugnebula ACIS-I
PSZ2G225.48+29.41 ACIS-I
Slugnebula ACIS-I Oct 4
PSZ2G225.48+29.41 ACIS-I
Slugnebula ACIS-I
PSZ2G225.48+29.41 ACIS-I
1eRASSJ044957.0-315 ACIS-S
AM2031-440 ACIS-S Oct 5
HD15337 HRC-I
Abell2744 ACIS-I
Radiation Belts Oct 6
CLJ010032.8+044900 ACIS-I
PSZ2G225.48+29.41 ACIS-I
ESO486-G021 ACIS-I
HD15337 HRC-I
UGC1249 ACIS-I
PSZ2G075.85+15.53 ACIS-S Oct 7
m31 HRC-I
PSZ2G075.85+15.53 ACIS-S
PSZ2G099.57-58.64 ACIS-I
SS433w2 ACIS-I
Abell2744 ACIS-I Oct 8
Radiation Belts------------------------------------------
All spacecraft subsystems continued to support nominal operations.
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Revised: July 08, 2022