Dear ASCA users, Please find below the ASCA observation schedule for the period of March 13 - 24. We have been successfully operating ASCA for five years since the launch on February 20, 1993. We are planning to have a party at ISAS on the evening of February 20, 1998, celebrating the five years anniversary of ASCA. F. Nagase ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- A S C A WEEKLY OBSERVATION PLAN ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 13- 24, 1998, ver-1 (98/ 2/ 5) (ISAS contact scientist: M. ISHIDA (ishida@astro.isas.ac.jp) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date MNV Target Tag. Exp. Observation PI or start name Cat. (ks) Cat. Pri./TC ( PPI/Co-PI) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3/13 12:50 CV Cer Ph=0.0 Star 15 JUS 2/Y Y. Maeda 3/13 21:30 AGPS 267.3 S1 Bin. 29 JPN 2/n M. Sakano (AO-5 supplemental) 3/14 19:40 Cir X-1 #5 Bin. 10 MJU 2/Y T. Dotani /W. Brandt 3/15 5:10 G349.7+0.2 SNR 60 USJ 2/n P. Slane 3/17 0:10 Cir X-1 #6 Bin. 10 MJU 2/Y T. Dotani /W. Brandt 3/17 11:20 G328.4+0.2 SNR 20 USJ 1/n J. Hughes 3/18 0:00 G340.6+0.3 SNR 20 USJ 1/n J. Hughes 3/18 16:00 Cir X-1 #7 Bin. 10 MJU 2/Y T. Dotani /W. Brandt 3/18 23:50 3CR 184 Cluster CG 80 JPN 1/n T. Mihara 3/20 17:30 CV Cer Ph=0.25 Star 15 JUS 2/Y Y. Maeda 3/21 7:50 Mrk 506 AGN 20 ESJ 1/n G. Hasinger 3/21 20:40 PSR J1744-1134 Star 40 JPN 1/n N. Kawai 3/23 1:20 PSR B1800-21 Star 40 JPN 1/n N. Kawai 3/24 7:40 29 DR Dra #1 Star 20 MUJ 1/Y T. Simon /TBD ( 3/24 18:50, 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, OT: Observatory Time (Calibration, maintenance and TOO)