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Operations CXO Status Report

Friday 26 January 2018 9.00am EST

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

A Chandra press release was issued on Jan 18 describing continued observations of the neutron star merger GW170817, which was first detected with gravity waves and a short gamma-ray burst on Aug 17. Scientists had expected the X-ray and radio afterglow of the explosion to fade, but much to their surprise, Chandra observations in December showed a continued brightening. This implies that the source is more complex than initially imagined. One theory is that the merger launched a jet that shock-heated the surrounding gaseous debris, creating a hot cocoon around the jet that has glowed in X-rays and radio light for many months. For details see: http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/18_releases/press_011818.html

The schedule of targets for the next week is shown below and includes an observation of MXB 1659-298, which is a follow-up to a Target of Opportunity which was accepted on Mar 17.



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        Radiation Belts
        Abell1145              ACIS-S
        J1604+5633             ACIS-S       Jan 30
        PSOJ2232+2930          ACIS-S
        NGC3079                ACIS-S
        Radiation Belts                     Jan 31
        NGC3079                ACIS-S
        SDSSJ160640.18+3005    ACIS-S
        PG1116+215             HRC-S /LETG
        1RXSJ151642.1+291803   ACIS-I       Feb  2
        PG1116+215             HRC-S /LETG
        MXB1659-298            ACIS-S
        PG1116+215             HRC-S /LETG
        CGRaBSJ1606+3124       ACIS-S       Feb  3
        Radiation Belts
        HESSJ0632+057          ACIS-I
        ClGJ000008+320849      ACIS-I       Feb  4
        HESSJ0632+057          ACIS-I

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All spacecraft subsystems continued to support nominal operations.

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