Dear ASCA users, I am sending an ASCA observation schedule for the period of September 18-27. In this span we allocate three TOO observations each for 20 ksec; a follow-up of the SAX-BASTE burst (see IAUC 6467) and two comets (Hale-Bopp & Tabur). F. Nagase ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- A S C A WEEKLY OBSERVATION PLAN ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- September 18 - 27 ver-1 (96/09/04) (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) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9/18 14:10 H 1705-250 Bin. 20 JPN 2/n K. Asai 9/19 2:30 SAX-BASTE burst Star 20 JPN TOO Nagase /ASCA team 9/19 15:20 Gal Ridge-2 #1 SNR 10 JPN 1/n S. Yamauchi 9/19 22:10 Gal Ridge-2 #2 SNR 10 JPN 1/n S. Yamauchi 9/20 4:00 Gal Ridge-2 #3 SNR 10 JPN 1/n S. Yamauchi 9/20 9:00 Gal Ridge-2 #4 SNR 10 JPN 1/n S. Yamauchi 9/20 13:40 Gal Ridge-2 #5 SNR 10 JPN 1/n S. Yamauchi 9/20 18:50 Gal Ridge-2 #6 SNR 10 JPN 1/n S. Yamauchi 9/20 23:40 Rapid Burster Bin. 80 JPN 2/n T. Dotani 9/22 14:00 Gal Ridge-2 #7 SNR 10 JPN 1/n S. Yamauchi 9/22 20:20 Gal Ridge-2 #8 SNR 10 JPN 1/n S. Yamauchi 9/23 2:50 Gal Ridge-2 #9 SNR 10 JPN 1/n S. Yamauchi 9/23 9:00 Gal Ridge-2 #10 SNR 10 JPN 1/n S. Yamauchi 9/23 13:50 G359.1-0.9 Star 20 JPN 2/n K. Koyama 9/24 2:40 G7.4-1.4 Star 40 JPN 2/n K. Koyama 9/25 1:00 Comet Hale-Bopp Star 20 JPN TOO Nagase /ASCA team 9/25 13:20 Comet Tabur Star 20 JPN TOO Nagase /ASCA team 9/26 5:30 4U 1822-37 Bin. 40 US 1/Y N. White (9/27 8:30 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 (Calibration and maintenance)