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Friday 4 March 2005 8.30am EST
| During the last week Chandra completed the observing schedule as
planned.
A Chandra press release was made on Mar 2 describing observations that have provided new insight Jupiter's auroras. Jupiter's rapid rotation, intense magnetic field, and an abundant source of particles from its volcanically active moon, Io, create a huge reservoir of electrons and ions. These charged particles, trapped in Jupiter's magnetic field, are continually accelerated down into the atmosphere above the polar regions where they collide with gases to produce the aurora, which are almost always active on Jupiter. For details see: http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/05_releases/press_030205.html The schedule of targets for the next week is shown below and includes an observation of the galaxy cluster LkHa101 coordinated with the VLA. |
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SDSS J093514.72+03 ACIS-S Mar 7 M31-0041.7+4056 ACIS-S SDSS J024912.86-08 ACIS-S Radiation Belts LkHa101 cluster ACIS-I Mar 8 M86 ACIS-I Mar 9 3EG J1835+5918 HRC-S RX J1308.8+2127 ACIS-S WFI J2033-4723 ACIS-S RXCJ0117.8-5455 ACIS-S Mar 10 SDSS J031950.54-00 ACIS-S Radiation Belts 3EG J1835+5918 HRC-S Mar 11 cl1003+3253 ACIS-I cl1312+3900 ACIS-I 87GB 1235+2251 ACIS-S Mar 12 cl1222+2709 ACIS-I Radiation Belts Mar 13
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All spacecraft subsystems continued to support nominal operations.
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