AO-8 Long Observation Program (part I)

[Michael Arida <arida@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov>]

Dear ASCA users,

Please find below the first half of a year of the ASCA observation schedule 
that is based on the ASCA AO-8 Long Observation Program (targets designated 
as LOP) for the interval between February 13 and September 6. 

Scheduling is very tight and flexibility is very small due to small number of
targets with long exposure time for each. This make it difficult to get a feasible
solution under the conditions of (1) target -sun angle constraint, (2) STT moon
constraint,  and policies of (3) highly ranked targets earlier , and (4)  a single 
observation for one target. Inevitably, we divided the IRAS 13224-3809 
observation  and Cas A calibration each into two pointings. Thus  at present
we have successfully produce the schedule only  first half of the AO-8 period,
which is now released. After carefull investigation we will release later the 
second half of a year of the AO-8 observation schedule when we get a feasible 
solution. 

All data belong to this LOP are released public immediately when the telemetry 
data are retrieved and processed, i.e, no PI of the successful proposals has right 
ofexclusive use of data. Every PIs and their collaborators, on the other hand, are
expected to take resposibility for conducting their own observations by themselves 
under assistant of ISAS operation experts. 

F. Nagase

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A S C A     WEEKLY  OBSERVATION   PLAN
	(AO-8 Long Observation Program)
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#8-1,  February 13 - , 2000			ver-1  (00/01/27)
(ISAS contact scientist: 	K. ASAI	(asai@astro.isas.ac.jp)
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Date	MNV	Target 		Tag. 	Exp.	Observation	PI or 
	start	name 		Cat.	(ks)	Cat.  	Pri. 	( PPI/Co-PI)
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2/13	08:00	4U1608-52	Bin.	500 	LOP	A	T. Dotani

2/24	00:00	IC 342, SC 1	Gal.	300	LOP	A	K. Makishima

3/01	12:00	Mkn 501		AGN	400	LOP	A	T. Takahashi

3/11	00:00	Sgr A		Bin.	400	LOP	A	H. Murakami

3/22	00:00	SS 433		Bin.	560	LOP	A	N. Kawai

4/ 4	00:00	SMC SW		Bin.	500	LOP	A	K. Imanishi

4/17	12:00	GRS 1915+105	Bin.	300	LOP	A	K. Yamaoka

4/25	12:00	SMC survey	Gal.	200	LOP	A	J. Yokogawa

5/01	00:00	PKS 2155-304	AGN	400	LOP	A	T. Takahashi

5/11	12:00	NGC 4151	AGN	600	LOP	A	H. Inoue

5/25	00:00	NGC 4395	AGN	300	LOP	A	K. Iwasawa

6/01	12:00	Akn 564		AGN	1560	LOP	A	T.J. Turner	

7/09	00:00	IRAS 13224 N1	AGN	500	LOP	A	K. Leighly

7/23	00:00	Cas A N1	SNR	250	MOT	Cal.	Asca-team

7/28	00:00	LMC survey	Gal.	440	LOP	A	J. Yokogawa

8/08	12:00	IRAS 13224 N2	AGN	250	LOP	A	K. Leighly

8/15	12:00	Cas A N2	SNR	250	MOT	Cal.	Asca-team

8/21	00:00	Rho Oph Core	Star	300	LOP	A	K. Imanishi

8/29	12:00	V773 Tau	Star	300	LOP	A	S. Yamauchi

(9/06	00:00	MNV to next target)
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(Note) Obs. Cat. JPN: Japan time, US: US time, JUS: Japan-US Collaboration, 
USJ: US-Japan Collaboration,  MJU: Merged Japan-US (PPI=Japan), 
MUJ: Merged US-Japan (PPI=US),  ESJ: ESA-Japan Program, 
MOT: Observatory Time (Calibration), TOO: Target of Opportunity,
and LOP: AO-8 Long Observation Program.


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Michael Arida, (RITSS) HEASARC GOF                   LHEA/HEASARC
ph: 301-286-2291/1684 (voice/fax)               Code 664, NASA-Goddard
arida@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov                      Greenbelt, MD 20771