Dear ASCA users, I am sending a short-term ASCA observation schedule for the period of July 29 to August 9. Next short term schedule for August 9 - 20 will be announced in next week, Then I leave ISAS for about two weeks to attend the COSPAR meeting in Birmingham. The schedule for late August will be then announced around July 25. I hope those who have target(s) in summer seasons in July/August will make clear their contact address either to the ISAS (for Japanese PIs) or NASA/GSFC GOF (for US PIs) contact scientists. F. Nagase ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- A S C A WEEKLY OBSERVATION PLAN ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 29 - August 9 ver-1 (96/07/01) (ISAS contact scientist: Y. UEDA ueda@astro.isas.ac.jp) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date MNV Target Tag. Exp. Observation PI or start name Cat. (ks) Cat. Pri./TC ( PPI/Co-PI) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7/29 20:10 Eta Carina Star 100 MUJ 1/n M. Corcoran /K. Koyama 8/ 1 12:10 Cas A #2 SNR 40 MOT CAL ASCA-team 8/ 2 10:30 2352+495 AGN 20 US 2/n C. O'dea 8/ 2 21:40 Loc Gr Halo #1 CXB 20 JPN 2/n K. Makishima 8/ 3 12:00 Loc Gr Halo #2 CXB 20 JPN 2/n K. Makishima 8/ 3 21:40 Loc Gr Halo #3 CXB 20 JPN 2/n K. Makishima 8/ 4 10:30 Loc Gr Halo #4 CXB 20 JPN 2/n K. Makishima 8/ 4 21:40 M32 #2 Gal. 30 MJU 2/n K. Hayashida /M. Loewenstein 8/ 5 16:40 NGC 315 AGN 40 JPN 2/n Y. Fukazawa 8/ 6 16:40 Mark 1 AGN 20 US 2/n A. Wilson 8/ 7 5:40 HCG 16 AGN 40 JPN 2/n Y. Fukazawa 8/ 8 11:50 A 2034 CG 40 JPN 2/n K. Yamashita (8/9 12:50 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)