ASCA Weekly

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

Dear ASCA users,

Please find below the ASCA short-term observation schedule for the period
of February 1 to 13. By this short-term schedule, we complete the cycle-7
(AO-7) observations and move to the AO-8 Long Observation Program
after February 13. So far the instruments on board ASCA are all healthy
and we expect that we can continue regular observations for more than
a year, although the ASCA orbit is declining gradually. Astro-E final 
operation test at the Kagoshima launching station is now in progress 
for the currently scheduled launch on February 8.

F. Nagase

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A S C A     WEEKLY  OBSERVATION   PLAN
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#34,  February 1 - 13, 2000			ver-1  (00/01/14)
(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./TC	 ( PPI/Co-PI)
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2/ 1	20:00	CB 244		Star	30	JPN	2/n	Y. Tsuboi

2/ 2	12:00	1SAXJ1324.4-6200 Bin.	100	ESJ	3/n	M. Church

2/ 4	23:40	BHR 71		Star	30	JPN	2/n	Y. Tsuboi

2/ 5	17:10	PC 1643+4631A,B	CG	100	JPN	2/n	T. Endo

2/ 8	 0:40	3C 323.1	AGN	80	MUJ	3/n	M. Eracleou
								/Y. Fukazawa
2/ 9	20:50	Abell 2214	CG	50	JPN	3/n	R. Shibata

2/10	23:40	N63A		SNR	90 	US	3/n	R. Petre

(2/13	 8:00	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, maintenance), 
and TOO: Target of Opportunity