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 produced 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 of exclusive 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     
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#8-1,  February 13 - September 6, 2000			ver-1  (00/01/27)
	(AO-8 Long Observation Program)
(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.