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Operations CXO Status Report

Friday 10 July 2026 9.00am EDT

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

A Chandra photo release was issued on Jul 9 describing observations of PSR J1101-6101, a pulsar located within the "Lighthouse" Nebula. Astronomers used data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory combined with NASA's IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) to directly measure the pulsar's magnetic field. Astronomers also studied two narrow offshoots extending from the pulsar to better understand how electrons traveling at nearly the speed of light interact with the surrounding environment. For details, see: https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2026/lighthouse/

The schedule of targets for the next week is shown below, and includes an observation of EP260302a, which is a follow-up to a Director's Discretionary Time Target of Opportunity accepted on May 22, and an observation of AT2026fgk, which is a follow-up to a Director's Discretionary Time Target of Opportunity accepted on May 1.



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        PSOJ308.0416-21.233    ACIS-S       Jul 12
        PerseusclusterN        ACIS-I       Jul 13
        PSOJ308.0416-21.233    ACIS-S
        PerseusclusterN        ACIS-I
        MACSJ0018.5+1626       ACIS-I
        EP260302a              ACIS-S
        V4641SgrN1             ACIS-I       Jul 14
        NGC4694                ACIS-S
        Radiation Belts
        ASASSN-14ko            ACIS-S       Jul 15
        AT2026fgk              ACIS-S
        Kes73                  ACIS-S
        NGC4298                ACIS-S
        Kes73                  ACIS-S
        NGC4298                ACIS-S
        Kes73                  ACIS-S       Jul 16
        NGC4694                ACIS-S
        Kes73                  ACIS-S
        PerseusclusterN        ACIS-I
        sn2010da               ACIS-S
        Radiation Belts                     Jul 17
        PerseusclusterN        ACIS-I
        PSOJ308.0416-21.233    ACIS-S
        PerseusclusterW        ACIS-I       Jul 18
        PSOJ308.0416-21.233    ACIS-S
        PerseusclusterW        ACIS-I
        PSOJ308.0416-21.233    ACIS-S
        PerseusclusterE        ACIS-I
        PSOJ308.0416-21.233    ACIS-S
        PerseusclusterE        ACIS-I       Jul 19
        V4641SgrN1             ACIS-I
        NGC4298                ACIS-S
        sn2010da               ACIS-S
        Radiation Belts

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All spacecraft subsystems except HRC-S continued to support nominal operations.

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