Dear ASCA users, Please find an ASCA short-term observation schedule for the period of September 21 to October 4. We include in this span the Crab Nebula calibration of XRT-GIS system. F. Nagase ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- A S C A WEEKLY OBSERVATION PLAN ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- September 21 - Oct. 4, 1997 ver-1 (97/08/22) (ISAS contact scientist: Y. ISHISAKI (ishisaki@phys.metro-u.ac.jp) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date MNV Target Tag. Exp. Observation PI or start name Cat. (ks) Cat. Pri./TC ( PPI/Co-PI) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9/21 23:30 IOTA ORIONIS 1 Star 75 US 2/Y K Gayley 9/23 17:00 Crab Nebula SNR 50 MOT CAL ASCA-team (XRT-GIS Calibration) 9/24 23:20 GRS 1739-278 Bin. 40 JUS 2/n T. Kotani 9/26 5:10 NGC 6517 Star 20 JPN 3/n M. Ishida 9/26 21:10 (0 deg -7 deg) SNR 40 JUS 2/n Y. Maeda 9/28 1:50 (0 deg -5 deg) SNR 40 JUS 2/n Y. Maeda 9/29 5:40 KS1731-260 Bin. 30 US 2/n J. Grindlay 9/29 14:30 GX 354-0 Bin. 30 US 2/n J. Grindlay 9/30 0:30 AGPS 273.4-17.8 Bin. 40 JPN 2/n M. Sakano 10/ 1 5:30 9 Sgr 1 Star 20 JPN 2/n S. Kitamoto 10/ 1 22:20 9 Sgr 2 Star 20 JPN 2/n S. Kitamoto 10/ 2 11:55 NGC 6744 Gal. 40 JPN 2/n K. Okada 10/ 3 14:30 Beta Cam Star 40 JPN 2/n T. Tsuru (9/ 4 14:20 MNV to next target) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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)