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Short-term Schedule

Every week an observing request (OR) list is generated from the long term schedule (LTS) target list for that week, plus some unconstrained (pool) targets. This OR list is over-subscribed to allow an efficient schedule to be generated. The short-term schedule consists of those targets from the OR which will actually be observed; those targets not scheduled are then returned to the pool to be selected for future weeks.

The short-term schedule is the plan for a week's observing time. If there are no interruptions, all observations will be carried out close to the times listed. However, schedules can be interrupted by TOO observations, by solar-flare particle events, and by operational difficulties. This schedule is not a guarantee that the observation will occur when indicated.

There is a link to previous weeks' short-term schedules at the bottom of this page.

FEB0226A


Seq #  NB  ObsID Constr.          Target                Start        Time   SI   Grat    Active Chips      RA       Dec    Roll   Pitch   Slew   Overlays
------ --- ----- ------- -------------------- --------------------- ----- ------ ---- ----------------- -------- -------- ------ ------ ------ -------------
705269     29981    0                BOSS1348 2026:033:00:28:45.923  15.0 ACIS-I NONE       I0,I1,I2,I3 207.0600  23.9800  80.88 113.09 179.88 dss pspc rass
705427 P1  31280    0    SDSS J101639.87+1940 2026:033:05:05:14.460  12.7 ACIS-S NONE             S2,S3 154.1661  19.6801  95.63 162.06  49.38 dss pspc rass
503548 TOO 29833    2               SN2025sei 2026:033:09:15:04.518  11.0 ACIS-S NONE             S2,S3 267.2476  25.4958  53.19  63.37 102.00 dss pspc rass
705526 CCT 32137    0    SDSSJ093404.74+19561 2026:033:12:58:07.871  10.0 ACIS-S NONE             S2,S3 143.5198  19.9382 119.99 172.06 109.00 dss pspc rass
503548 TOO 32111    2               SN2025sei 2026:033:16:24:31.354  10.2 ACIS-S NONE             S2,S3 267.2476  25.4958  53.48  63.53 109.01 dss pspc rass
802196     30296    0         Perseus cluster 2026:033:19:53:27.226  20.0 ACIS-I NONE    I0,I1,I2,I3,S2  49.9508  41.5117 280.30 103.83 105.44 dss pspc rass
802203     30393    0        ZwCl 0857.9+2107 2026:034:01:59:53.794  10.0 ACIS-S NONE          S1,S2,S3 135.1535  20.8945 195.01 175.63  79.24 dss pspc rass
 ----      41752               CAL-ER (PER01) 2026:034:05:01:09.247   3.0   --    --                    136.1000  20.0000 186.13 176.62   8.64   
 ----      41751               CAL-ER (PER05) 2026:034:09:00:00.000   3.0   --    --                    341.6000  26.4000 327.78  49.35 128.39   
 ----      41750               CAL-ER (PER02) 2026:034:11:30:00.000   5.8   --    --                     30.0000  43.0000 293.36  89.56  42.75   
 ----      41749               CAL-ER (CAL01) 2026:034:15:10:00.000   1.0   --    --                    136.0000  20.0000 193.89 176.41  91.21   
 ----      41748               CAL-ER (PER06) 2026:034:16:15:00.000   1.0   --    --                    141.0000  15.0000  68.42 175.82 124.08   
503537     30127    0            SNR G1.9+0.3 2026:034:17:22:44.410  14.6 ACIS-S NONE       I2,I3,S2,S3 267.1875 -27.1667  92.37  47.14 128.74 dss pspc rass
705468 P1  31433    0             PG 1004+130 2026:034:22:07:51.189  11.0 ACIS-S NONE             S2,S3 151.8588  12.8156  73.76 165.36 118.26 dss pspc rass
503537     32142    0            SNR G1.9+0.3 2026:035:01:52:58.004  14.0 ACIS-S NONE       I2,I3,S2,S3 267.1875 -27.1667  92.30  47.50 118.26 dss pspc rass
705479 P1  31444    0              ESO324-008 2026:035:06:14:21.384   6.0 ACIS-S NONE             S2,S3 200.2249 -39.2787  59.75  99.36  56.50 dss pspc rass
201862     31048    2    Orion Nebula snapsho 2026:035:08:36:04.373  12.0 ACIS-I NONE       I0,I1,I2,I3  83.8196  -5.3792 293.24 122.49 117.97 dss pspc rass
201863     31049    2    Orion Nebula snapsho 2026:035:12:04:34.373  12.0 ACIS-I NONE       I0,I1,I2,I3  83.8196  -5.3792 293.14 122.37   0.10 dss pspc rass
802196     30314    0         Perseus cluster 2026:035:15:53:32.781  17.0 ACIS-I NONE       I0,I1,I2,I3  49.9508  41.5117 281.06 102.12  60.63 dss pspc rass
201864     31050    2    Orion Nebula snapsho 2026:035:21:05:03.990  11.0 ACIS-I NONE       I0,I1,I2,I3  83.8196  -5.3792 280.00 122.06  57.09 dss pspc rass
705527 CCT 32138    0    SDSSJ085640.78+10575 2026:036:00:39:02.091  10.0 ACIS-S NONE             S2,S3 134.1700  10.9655 322.13 173.43  68.11 dss pspc rass
705305     30232    0               [vD2023]1 2026:036:04:03:43.604  11.5 ACIS-I NONE       I0,I1,I2,I3  40.4405  -8.3506 284.98  80.02 101.36 dss pspc rass
802196     30316    0         Perseus cluster 2026:036:07:42:25.970  45.0 ACIS-I NONE       I0,I1,I2,I3  49.9508  41.5117 270.01 101.51  51.93 dss pspc rass
 ----      41747               CAL-ER (CAL01) 2026:036:20:44:44.627   3.0   --    --                    136.0000  20.0000 216.34 174.87  74.05   
 ----      41746               CAL-ER (CAL01) 2026:037:00:15:00.000   3.0   --    --                    341.6000  26.4000 330.27  47.43 127.46   
 ----      41745               CAL-ER (PER03) 2026:037:03:59:30.649   5.7   --    --                     30.0000  43.0000 294.67  87.17  42.91   
802203     32144    0        ZwCl 0857.9+2107 2026:037:08:53:40.630  16.0 ACIS-S NONE          S1,S2,S3 135.1535  20.8945 220.00 173.26  86.37 dss pspc rass
705466 P1  31431    0               PGC101434 2026:037:14:01:59.129  11.0 ACIS-S NONE          S2,S3,S4   8.0775  15.0039 300.75  56.60 117.64 dss pspc rass
802203     32145    0        ZwCl 0857.9+2107 2026:037:17:46:55.468  10.0 ACIS-S NONE          S1,S2,S3 135.1535  20.8945 221.87 172.94 117.48 dss pspc rass
705466     32149    0               PGC101434 2026:037:21:15:11.919  11.0 ACIS-S NONE          S2,S3,S4   8.0775  15.0039 300.84  56.30 117.48 dss pspc rass
802203     30399    0        ZwCl 0857.9+2107 2026:038:01:00:00.592  11.0 ACIS-S NONE          S1,S2,S3 135.1535  20.8945 233.00 172.68 116.90 dss pspc rass
705305     32143    0               [vD2023]1 2026:038:04:41:37.288  18.0 ACIS-I NONE       I0,I1,I2,I3  40.4405  -8.3506 284.16  78.13 102.50 dss pspc rass
802203     32146    0        ZwCl 0857.9+2107 2026:038:10:19:50.427  14.0 ACIS-S NONE          S1,S2,S3 135.1535  20.8945 234.00 172.33 102.24 dss pspc rass
201908 CCT 32140    0                G 132-50 2026:038:14:50:13.254   4.8 ACIS-S NONE             S2,S3  15.9179  40.8574 305.46  75.77  96.96 dss pspc rass
901886     30494    0     CMZ Molecular Cloud 2026:038:16:59:39.565  11.6 ACIS-I NONE       I0,I1,I2,I3 266.5505 -28.8887  87.21  51.80 152.72 dss pspc rass
802268 CCT 32139    0    RMJ093723.8+125312.3 2026:038:20:56:06.720  11.0 ACIS-I NONE       I0,I1,I2,I3 144.3494  12.8868  52.11 176.12 124.29 dss pspc rass
901886     32147    0     CMZ Molecular Cloud 2026:039:00:42:33.820  18.3 ACIS-I NONE       I0,I1,I2,I3 266.5505 -28.8887  87.01  52.13 124.28 dss pspc rass
705269     32141    0                BOSS1348 2026:039:06:20:22.458  19.1 ACIS-I NONE       I0,I1,I2,I3 207.0600  23.9800  85.08 118.14  77.90 dss pspc rass
 ----      41744               CAL-ER (PER07) 2026:039:12:08:42.177   2.0   --    --                    146.1000  14.3000  79.61 175.78  63.62   
 ----      41743               CAL-ER (PER08) 2026:039:14:00:00.000   2.0   --    --                    136.0000  20.0000 229.12 172.49 146.69   
 ----      41742               CAL-ER (CAL01) 2026:039:15:45:00.000   3.0   --    --                    354.2000  22.5000 316.91  49.01 123.52   
 ----      41741               CAL-ER (PER04) 2026:039:19:29:47.109   5.5   --    --                     30.0000  43.0000 295.96  84.82  36.01   
 ----      41740               CAL-ER (CAL01) 2026:039:22:00:00.000   1.0   --    --                    136.0000  20.0000 230.14 172.19  87.59   
 ----      41739               CAL-ER (CAL01) 2026:039:23:15:00.000   1.0   --    --                    149.0000  13.0000  73.20 173.19 153.43   
901886     32148    0     CMZ Molecular Cloud 2026:040:00:49:21.263   7.0 ACIS-I NONE       I0,I1,I2,I3 266.5505 -28.8887  92.75  53.12 120.39 dss pspc rass


JAN2626A


Seq #  NB  ObsID Constr.          Target                Start        Time   SI   Grat    Active Chips      RA       Dec    Roll   Pitch   Slew   Overlays
------ --- ----- ------- -------------------- --------------------- ----- ------ ---- ----------------- -------- -------- ------ ------ ------ -------------
201907 CCT 32128    0    Gaia DR2 67500740681 2026:025:19:38:35.427   9.9 ACIS-S NONE             S2,S3 118.2484  22.5564 249.68 170.30  66.52 dss pspc rass
503563 TOO 32124    2              GRB260114A 2026:025:22:53:49.811  27.0 ACIS-S NONE             S2,S3  74.5979  -8.0144 297.71 120.88  66.33 dss pspc rass
 ----      41766               CAL-ER (PER14) 2026:026:06:54:01.594   0.9   --    --                    126.3290  15.0920 332.85 175.83  67.33   
 ----      41765               CAL-ER (PER01) 2026:026:07:45:45.581   3.0   --    --                    134.3300  15.9840  62.92 173.67  92.47   
 ----      41764               CAL-ER (PER04) 2026:026:09:27:43.101   1.0   --    --                    124.7105  21.7639 230.04 175.39 164.06   
 ----      41763               CAL-ER (CAL01) 2026:026:09:48:14.101   1.2   --    --                    124.7105  21.7639 230.11 175.37   0.07   
 ----      41762               CAL-ER (PER03) 2026:026:10:41:06.721   3.0   --    --                     32.0000  40.0000 288.51  97.15  78.20   
 ----      41761               CAL-ER (PER05) 2026:026:16:19:00.000   0.9   --    --                    250.0000  13.0000  58.00  65.99 117.79   
802203     30390    0        ZwCl 0857.9+2107 2026:026:19:40:29.765  12.9 ACIS-S NONE          S1,S2,S3 135.1535  20.8945 109.46 173.70 107.60 dss pspc rass
802262     31463    0              Hercules A 2026:026:23:56:19.064  17.5 ACIS-S NONE             S2,S3 252.7842   4.9927  59.00  60.26 113.87 dss pspc rass
802203     32130    0        ZwCl 0857.9+2107 2026:027:05:28:32.232  14.9 ACIS-S NONE          S1,S2,S3 135.1535  20.8945 121.99 174.04 114.99 dss pspc rass
705433 P1  31286    0    2MASX J13435300+8035 2026:027:10:08:24.747  11.0 ACIS-S NONE             S2,S3 205.9703  80.5971  92.93 110.48  74.36 dss pspc rass
990043     32109    0         X-ray blank sky 2026:027:13:56:30.000   6.2  HRC-S NONE                   242.0000 -48.4500  92.01  61.56 131.61 dss pspc rass
601664     30183    0                 NGC5134 2026:027:16:04:41.208  20.2 ACIS-S NONE       I3,S2,S3,S4 201.3273 -21.1341  65.83  99.55  42.39 dss pspc rass
802203     32131    0        ZwCl 0857.9+2107 2026:027:22:17:38.589  13.3 ACIS-S NONE       S1,S2,S3,S4 135.1535  20.8945 116.33 174.59  90.03 dss pspc rass
802236     30514    0       PSZ2G071.21+28.86 2026:028:02:38:42.126  13.7 ACIS-I NONE       I0,I1,I2,I3 268.0423  44.6996  41.60  73.84 104.52 dss pspc rass
802196     30294    0         Perseus cluster 2026:028:07:01:59.484  42.0 ACIS-I NONE    I0,I1,I2,I3,S2  49.9508  41.5117 277.98 108.99  87.33 dss pspc rass
705525 CCT 32125    0                NGC 2622 2026:028:19:14:07.610   9.5 ACIS-S NONE             S2,S3 129.5456  24.8953 191.04 173.12  75.08 dss pspc rass
 ----      41760               CAL-ER (PER07) 2026:028:22:44:53.514   6.5   --    --                    130.6550  14.4500 353.47 176.32 162.87   
 ----      41759               CAL-ER (PER06) 2026:029:01:08:35.159   3.0   --    --                     66.0560 -51.0440 300.39  90.58  89.37   
 ----      41758               CAL-ER (PER08) 2026:029:08:30:00.000   0.9   --    --                    240.0226  43.5747  64.41  89.67 171.49   
802203     32132    0        ZwCl 0857.9+2107 2026:029:10:21:06.264  13.0 ACIS-S NONE       S1,S2,S3,S4 135.1535  20.8945 130.08 175.55  85.97 dss pspc rass
802236     32133    0       PSZ2G071.21+28.86 2026:029:14:35:56.177  22.0 ACIS-I NONE       I0,I1,I2,I3 268.0423  44.6996  37.01  74.22 101.99 dss pspc rass
802196     30320    0         Perseus cluster 2026:029:21:17:31.245  30.0 ACIS-I NONE       I0,I1,I2,I3  49.9508  41.5117 275.01 107.51  87.38 dss pspc rass
201574     26967    2                  XI BOO 2026:030:06:21:32.245   5.0  HRC-I NONE                   222.8483  19.1002  73.02  95.39 122.26 dss pspc rass
705314     30253    0    Center of COSMOS-Web 2026:030:08:17:53.588  11.0 ACIS-I NONE       I0,I1,I2,I3 149.9162   2.3085  57.00 156.99  78.85 dss pspc rass
802262     32135    0              Hercules A 2026:030:11:59:39.658  12.3 ACIS-S NONE             S2,S3 252.7842   4.9927  61.00  63.32 103.21 dss pspc rass
 ----      41757               CAL-ER (IAT03) 2026:030:16:04:23.145   0.9   --    --                    139.1840  18.6780  98.58 173.94 110.51   
802267 CCT 32126    0    RMJ082409.6+192443.9 2026:030:17:10:44.124   9.9 ACIS-I NONE       I0,I1,I2,I3 126.0401  19.4122 261.00 173.22 158.25 dss pspc rass
705381     31632    0                PJ011646 2026:030:20:37:22.265  15.2 ACIS-I NONE       I0,I1,I2,I3  19.1943 -24.6174 272.99  61.50 113.86 dss pspc rass
802196     30321    0         Perseus cluster 2026:031:01:22:54.162  42.9 ACIS-I NONE    I0,I1,I2,I3,S2  49.9508  41.5117 279.15 106.42  72.82 dss pspc rass
 ----      41756               CAL-ER (PER09) 2026:031:13:48:56.676   3.0   --    --                    128.1460  25.8750 212.84 170.03  66.77   
 ----      41755               CAL-ER (PER10) 2026:031:17:32:00.000   3.0   --    --                    113.0000  27.0000 247.80 158.37  31.24   
 ----      41754               CAL-ER (CAL01) 2026:031:18:57:24.338   3.0   --    --                      3.2196  35.3167 309.85  70.32  89.58   
 ----      41753               CAL-ER (PER13) 2026:032:01:10:00.000   0.9   --    --                     54.0000 -25.0000 289.70  91.19  78.24   
201859     31045    2    Orion Nebula snapsho 2026:032:02:21:33.028  12.0 ACIS-I NONE       I0,I1,I2,I3  83.8196  -5.3792 295.53 125.22  34.73 dss pspc rass
201906 CCT 32127    0    2RXS J083147.5+05450 2026:032:06:09:46.876  10.5 ACIS-S NONE             S2,S3 127.9498   5.7552 331.23 166.86  57.29 dss pspc rass
705381     32136    0                PJ011646 2026:032:09:45:16.291  14.0 ACIS-I NONE       I0,I1,I2,I3  19.1943 -24.6174 272.99  60.22 112.46 dss pspc rass
201860     31046    2    Orion Nebula snapsho 2026:032:14:08:30.345  12.0 ACIS-I NONE       I0,I1,I2,I3  83.8196  -5.3792 295.19 124.79  64.80 dss pspc rass
705480 P1  31445    0              ESO221-009 2026:032:18:09:13.597   6.0 ACIS-S NONE             S2,S3 207.6860 -48.9469  65.92  88.02 113.49 dss pspc rass
201861     31047    2    Orion Nebula snapsho 2026:032:20:29:57.523  11.0 ACIS-I NONE       I0,I1,I2,I3  83.8196  -5.3792 295.00 124.57 113.54 dss pspc rass


Previous weeks' short-term schedules.

Last modified: 01/31/26



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