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Operations CXO Status Report

Friday 10 October 2014 9.00am EDT

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

A Chandra image release was issued on Oct 8 describing observations of M82X-2, an "ultraluminous X-ray source" (ULX) in the galaxy M82. M82X-2 is the brightest pulsar ever recorded. NuSTAR, a high-energy X-ray telescope, detected unusual pulsations in the ULX. Astronomers used Chandra to identify exactly which X-ray source was emitting the pulsations and exhibiting other unusual behavior. For details see: http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2014/m82nu/

The schedule of targets for the next week is shown below and includes observations of Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring as it encounters Mars.



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        SPT-CLJ0411-4819       ACIS-I       Oct 13
        Radiation Belts
        SPT-CLJ0411-4819       ACIS-I       Oct 14
        ChandraDeepField-S     ACIS-I
        Radiation Belts                     Oct 16
        LMCX-2                 ACIS-S/HETG
        ChandraDeepField-S     ACIS-I       Oct 17
        3C225B                 ACIS-S       Oct 18
        Radiation Belts
        SDSSJ163718.64+2740    ACIS-S       Oct 19
        C2013A1SIDINGSPRING    ACIS-S
        C2013A1SIDINGSPRING    ACIS-S
        C2013A1SIDINGSPRING    ACIS-I
        C2013A1SIDINGSPRING    ACIS-I       Oct 20
        SDSSJ163718.64+2740    ACIS-S

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All spacecraft subsystems continued to support nominal operations.

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