ASCA weekly

[Fumiaki NAGASE <nagase@astro.isas.ac.jp>]

Dear ASCA users,

Today (May 5) we are testing the function of Z-gyro which was replaced 
yesterday.  The test was satisfactory so far up to the third passes at KSC. 
I am confident that we can move to the scheduled regular observations after 
the final overall maneuver test toward RXJ 0658-5557. 

We made small mistakes in the schedule released yesterday.  We need two 
pointings to M82 to supplement the loss in the last two weeks and we must 
allocate Stacy's three pointings for PKS 2155-305 in coordination with  CGRO, 
which will appear in the next short-term schedule.

F. Nagase

(news) A dozen ASCA papers, including GIS instrumentation, appeared in the 
recent Publication of Astronomical Society, Japan (PASJ, Vol. 48, No. 2, 1996).

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A S C A     WEEKLY  OBSERVATION   PLAN
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May  10 - 21	 ver-3 (revised 96/05/09)
(ISAS contact scientist:  M. ISHIDA ishida@astro.isas.ac.jp)
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Date	MNV	Target 		Tag. 	Exp.	Observation	PI or 
	start	name  		Cat.	(ks)	Cat.  Pri./TC	 ( PPI/Co-PI)
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5/10	 1:00	RXJ 0658-5557	CG	40	MJU	2/n	Y.Tanaka
								 /W.Tucker
5/11	 2:40	Vela SNR East	SNR	30	JPN	2/n	H. Tsunemi

5/12	 0:40	NGC 2865	Gal.	50	JPN	1/n	N. Arimoto
	
5/13	12:10	M82 #6		AGN	10	JPN	2/n	T. Tsuru

5/13	18:30	NGC 3081	AGN	40	MJU	1/n	H. Awaki
								/R. Griffiths
5/15	 3:40	WZ SGE		CV	40	MUJ	2/n	J. Patterson
								/P. Saraswat
5/16	 4:00	M82 #7		AGN	10	JPN	2/n	T. Tsuru

5/16	10:20	2EG J2020+4026	AGN	40	JPN	1/n	T. Takahashi

5/17	10:20	NGC 7172	AGN	40	ESJ	3/n	G. Matt

5/18	 6:40	NGC 7314	AGN	50	US	1/n	T. Yaqoob

5/19	 8:30	NGC 4104 Group	CG	40	JPN	2/n	S. Sato

5/20	10:10	1230.8+3440	CG	20	US	1/n	C. Jones

5/21	 1:50	(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: Manager's observatory time (Calibration and maintenance)