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Operations CXO Status Report

Friday 24 March 2017 9.00am EDT

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

Of note this week was the announcement of several items related to Chandra. First is the preliminary release of the source detection list for the Chandra Source Catalog 2.0. Second is the inclusion of Chandra Source Catalog 1.1 footprints and links within the ESASky interface. Third is the release of version 3.0 of Iris, which is a graphical user interface application allowing analysis of spectral energy distribution data. Last is the announcement of the meeting "From Chandra to Lynx: Taking the Sharpest X-ray Vision Fainter and Farther", taking place Aug 8-10.

The schedule of targets for the next week is shown below and includes an observation of SN2017cbv, which was accepted as a Director's Discretionary Time Target of Opportunity on Mar 23.



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        SN2017cbv              ACIS-S       Mar 27
        Radiation Belts                     Mar 28
        Mkn876                 ACIS-S/HETG
        NGC4848                ACIS-S       Mar 29
        Mkn876                 ACIS-S/HETG
        NGC4848                ACIS-S
        CygnusA-WHotspot       ACIS-I
        NGC4848                ACIS-S
        spog2178               ACIS-S       Mar 30
        QJ0158-4325            ACIS-S
        Radiation Belts                     Mar 31
        NGC4848                ACIS-S
        iotaCen                HRC-I
        IGRJ16120-3543         ACIS-I
        SNR0509-68.7           ACIS-S
        TWA34                  ACIS-S       Apr  1
        Mkn876                 ACIS-S/HETG
        ArLac                  HRC-I
        NGC4848                ACIS-S
        SNR0509-68.7           ACIS-S       Apr  2
        Radiation Belts

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All spacecraft subsystems continued to support nominal operations.

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