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Operations CXO Status Report

Friday 20 April 2018 9.00am EDT

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

Of note this week was the release on Apr 19 of CIAO 4.10 and SAOImage DS9 7.6. The CIAO package now includes pre-built binaries for a number of Linux and Mac operating systems, default support for Python 3.5, support for pixel mask filtering, and several script updates. The DS9 release includes new ports for Windows 32/64 bit and MacOS High Sierra, enhanced smoothing options, and support for HTTPS. For details see: http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao4.10/releasenotes/ciao_4.10_release.html

The schedule of targets for the next week is shown below and includes observations of Sgr A* coordinated with the Event Horizon Telescope and NuSTAR, and an observation of M87, which was accepted as a Director's Discretionary Time Target of Opportunity on Apr 2 and is coordinated with NuSTAR.



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        Radiation Belts                     Apr 23
        SgrA*                  ACIS-S
        M87                    ACIS-S       Apr 24
        IC3322A                ACIS-S
        SN2011ja               ACIS-S
        SgrA*                  ACIS-S       Apr 25
        PSRJ0846-3533          ACIS-S
        NGC4469                ACIS-S
        SN2011ja               ACIS-S
        Radiation Belts                     Apr 26
        BootesextendedCy18     ACIS-I
        BootesextendedCy18     ACIS-I       Apr 27
        A1795                  ACIS-S
        J1606-2333             ACIS-S
        IGRJ17528-2022         ACIS-S
        SwiftJ1658.2-4242      ACIS-S/HETG  Apr 28
        GJ1001B                ACIS-S
        DESJ0408-5354          ACIS-S
        Radiation Belts                     Apr 29
        MACSJ1206-0847         ACIS-I
        NGC3780                ACIS-S
        SDSSJ115441.22+4636    ACIS-S
        MACSJ1206-0847         ACIS-I       Apr 30

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All spacecraft subsystems continued to support nominal operations.

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