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Operations CXO Status Report

Friday 15 February 2019 9.00am EST

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

A Chandra press release was issued on Feb 14 describing Chandra observations that address the long-standing missing matter problem. The analysis suggests that the missing matter is in the form of a filamentary Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium (WHIM). The team was able to stack 17 Chandra X-ray spectra to reveal the extremely weak absorption signature which signals the presence of the WHIM. For details see: http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/19_releases/press_021419.html

The schedule of targets for the next week is shown below and includes an observation of Sco X-1 coordinated with Global VLBI.



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        M84                    ACIS-S       Feb 18
        PSRJ1023p0038_s2       ACIS-S
        ESO005-G004            ACIS-S
        SDSSJ103712.55+01544   ACIS-S
        Radiation Belts                     Feb 19
        HCG57                  ACIS-S
        CGMW5-04382            ACIS-S
        Abell98                ACIS-I
        3CR239.0               ACIS-S       Feb 20
        M84                    ACIS-S
        2XMMJ185348.4-01022    ACIS-S
        1E1841m045_s2          ACIS-S
        SDSSJ1152+3313         ACIS-I       Feb 21
        Mrk417_s2              ACIS-S
        Radiation Belts                     Feb 22
        ScoX-1                 ACIS-S/HETG
        HCG57                  ACIS-S
        ScoX-1                 ACIS-S/HETG
        HCG57                  ACIS-S
        ScoX-1                 ACIS-S/HETG
        Radiation Belts                     Feb 24
        ScoX-1                 ACIS-S/HETG
        HCG57                  ACIS-S

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All spacecraft subsystems continued to support nominal operations.

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