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Operations CXO Status Report

Friday 30 October 2026 9.00am EDT

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

A Chandra image release was issued on Oct 28 with a Halloween- inspired image of the Carina Nebula. This cosmic apparition hosts stellar birth where a new generation of stars is thriving. The new image combines data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope to reveal this cloud of gas and dust with young stars. For details, see https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2026/reaper/

The schedule of targets for the next week is shown below and includes observations of SS433 coordinated with IXPE.



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        Radiation Belts                     Nov  2
        WR8                    HRC-I
        MACHO79.5505.178       ACIS-S
        Radiation Belts
        SDSSJ014837.63+0600    ACIS-I       Nov  3
        Kes73                  ACIS-S
        SDSSJ014837.63+0600    ACIS-I
        3CR415.2               ACIS-S
        WR8                    HRC-I        Nov  4
        BOSS0210W              ACIS-I
        Kes73                  ACIS-S
        GaiaDR217508166562     ACIS-S
        IRAS00500+6713         ACIS-I
        Radiation Belts                     Nov  5
        Kes73                  ACIS-S
        BOSS0210W              ACIS-I
        SS433                  ACIS-S/HETG  Nov  6
        V444Cyg                ACIS-S/HETG
        BOSS0210W              ACIS-I
        SS433                  ACIS-S/HETG
        V444Cyg                ACIS-S/HETG
        BOSS0210W              ACIS-I
        SS433                  ACIS-S/HETG  Nov  7
        MACHO79.5505.178       ACIS-S
        CHQJ0210+0050          ACIS-I
        SS433                  ACIS-S/HETG
        Radiation Belts                     Nov  8
        CassiopeiaA            ACIS-S
        MACHO79.5505.178       ACIS-S
        CHQJ0210+0050          ACIS-I

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All spacecraft subsystems continued to support nominal operations.

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