Dear ASCA users,

We start cycle 5 guest observations regularly hereafter since December 24, 
1996, except for a time critical target Mkn 421 allocated on December 15.
This first short-term schedule is planned based on the tentative long-term 
time line which is yet under investigation. We are now working on SPIKE 
scheduler for the final adjustment of the long-term timeline for a year.  
The first version of the long-term timeline will be released in a week 
or two.

Fumiaki Nagase

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A S C A     WEEKLY  OBSERVATION   PLAN
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  December  24, 1996 - January 6, 1997	ver-1   (96/12/3)
(ISAS contact scientist:  M. ISHIDA	    ishida@astro.isas.ac.jp)
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Date	MNV	Target 		Tag. 	Exp.	Observation	PI or 
	start	name  		Cat.	(ks)	Cat.  Pri./TC	 ( PPI/Co-PI)
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12/24	20:40	WW Cet		CV	20	ESJ	1/n	M. Watson
									
12/25	 9:30	PRG 62 #2	CG	13.8	JPN	2/n	T. Tsuru
						(AO4 suppl.)
12/25	19:20	Virgo #1	CG	20	JPN	1/n	T. Ohashi

12/26	11:20	Virgo #2	CG	20	JPN	1/n	T. Ohashi

12?26	22:30	Virgo #3	CG	10	JPN	1/n	T. Ohashi

12/27	 6:40	Virgo #4	CG	10	JPN	1/n	T. Ohashi

12/27	15:20	Virgo #5	CG	10	JPN	1/n	T. Ohashi

12/27	20:50	Virgo #6	CG	10	JPN	1/n	T. Ohashi

12/28	 4:30	HR 5235		Star	100	ESJ	2/n	A. Maggio

	< New Year Holiday:	SA No-op>

1/ 4	 6:10	HD 223460 	Star	60	US	1/n	T. Ayres

1/ 5	17:00	NGC 4325 group	CG	30	MUJ	1/n	J. Mulchaey
								/CoPI_TBD
(1/ 6	15:30	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: Manager's observatory time (Calibration and maintenance)