Chandra Newsletter

Contents
Issue 27 - Spring 2020

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Joining Juno to Explore Jupiter's X-ray Emissions

W. Dunn, G. R. Gladstone, Z. Yao, D. Weigt, R. Kraft, G. Branduardi-Raymont, A. Wibisono, S. Kotsiaros, C. Jackman

From flaring hot spots to auroral ovals, take a dive into the past, present, and future observations of X-rays from our local gas giant Jupiter and the synergistic observations as the Juno spacecraft traverses Jupiter's magnetosphere.

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Director's Log, Chandra Date: 703296006

Belinda Wilkes, https://twitter.com/BelindaWilkes

Chandra X-ray Center Director Belinda Wilkes highlights milestones and celebrations from Chandra 20 years festivities and provides updates on the latest developments of the Chandra mission.

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Calibration Update

Larry David

Gain, contamination, response, and empirical PSFs: the Chandra calibration team provides up-to-date information on their continuous mission to provide the best calibration products.

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ACIS Update

Gregg Germain, Catherine Grant, Paul Plucinsky, Jack Steiner, John Zuhone

The ACIS team provides updates on thermal management and monitoring of the ACIS CCDs and a few staff changes.

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HRC Update

Grant Tremblay, Ralph Kraft, Paul Nulsen, Dan Patnaude

The HRC team highlights using the camera for extreme ultraviolet observations.

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HETG Update

David Principe, for the HETG Team

The HETG team discusses zeroth order responses, new pipeline products and presents highlights from four recent HETG results (stellar coronal mass ejection, limits on axion-like particles, clumpy winds, and galaxy outflows).

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LETG Update

Jeremy J. Drake, for the LETG Team

The LETG team provide an epic tale on the latest LETG calibration adventures and highlight a recent study of FIP-bias in late-type stars.

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The NASA Hubble Fellowship Program: Einsteins, Hubbles and Sagans

Paul J. Green

Hear ye, hear ye! New Hubble Fellows announced along with highlights from the current fellows.

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20 Years Photo Gallery

CXC Team

Scenes of celebrations and speaking engagements from events for Chandra's 20th anniversary.

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Fall 2020

Reports from the Project Scientist and Program Manager, Updates from CIAO, Chandra Source Catalog, and Peer Review, and more.

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The Chandra Newsletter is edited by Rodolfo Montez Jr., with editorial assistance and layout by Tara Gokas. We welcome contributions from readers. Comments on the newsletter should be sent to: chandranews@cfa.harvard.edu. Follow the Chandra Director's Office on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter (@ChandraCDO).