Dear ASCA users, I am sending a short-term ASCA observation schedule for the period of April 19 to May 1. In this week we have two explicit time-constrainted targets, SS 433 and 4U 1907+09, and two implicit time-constrainted targets, M82 and AR UMa. Hence the scheduled order of targets is tight. F. Nagase ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- A S C A WEEKLY OBSERVATION PLAN ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 8 - 19 ver-1 (96/04/3) (ISAS contact scientist: K. ASAI asai@astro.isas.ac.jp) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date MNV Target Tag. Exp. Observation PI or start name Cat. (ks) Cat. Pri./TC ( PPI/Co-PI) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4/19 18:20 SS 433 #2 Bin. 40 JUS 1/Y N. Kawai 4/20 8:40 SS 433 #3 Bin. 40 JUS 1/Y N. Kawai 4/21 13:20 M82 #3 AGN 10 JPN 2/n T. Tsuru 4/21 21:00 NGC 6329 Group CG 40 US 2/n J. Mulchaey 4/22 22:50 PKS 0735+178 AGN 40 JPN 1/n M. Tashiro 4/23 23:00 4U 1907+09 #1 Bin. 10 US 1/Y P. Michelson 4/24 8:20 M82 #4 AGN 10 JPN 2/n T. Tsuru 4/24 14:30 IRAS 19254-7245 AGN 40 JPN 1/n H. Awaki 4/25 17:50 M82 #5 AGN 10 JPN 2/n T. Tsuru 4/26 0:00 4U 1907+09 #2 Bin. 10 US 1/Y P. Michelson 4/26 11:30 0806+20 CG 40 JPN 1/n K.Hashimotodani 4/27 11:10 M82 #6 AGN 10 JPN 2/n T. Tsuru 4/27 19:00 AR UMa CV 40 US 2/n P. Szkody 4/28 20:40 4U 1907+09 #3 Bin. 10 US 1/Y P. Michelson 4/29 6:20 Abell 697 CG 60 MJU 1/n S. Miyoshi /J. Hughes 4/30 17:10 4U 1907+09 #4 Bin. 10 US 1/Y P. Michelson (5/ 1 1:30 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