15 July 1996
                                                         
                                                           David Alexander
                                                           
                                                      
                SXT CHIEF OBSERVER REPORT AND TABLE PLAN

SXT CHIEF OBSERVER'S REPORT for Week 28:   08-JUL-96 to 14-JUL-96


Coolness and a steady nerve will always beat simple quickness.  Take yer
time and you'll only need to pull the trigger once.

                                from  `A Cowboy's Guide To Life'

SOLAR ACTIVITY

Solar activity took a turn for the better this week.  An X-flare, 2 M-
flares and 15 C flares were detected by GOES from AR 7978.  Unfortunately,
the peak of the X-flare was during Yohkoh night.  AR 7978 is heading for
the west limb and a small region in the eastern hemisphere is showing signs
of liveliness.  The GOES output is currently fairly constant around B-level. 

SXT INSTRUMENT STATUS 

No SXT errors. SXT continues to function well.

CAMPAIGNS

We participated in a campaign as part of SoHO JOP027 to study the diffuse
corona.  Long exposures (60s) full resolution FFIs were taken together
with an E5' offpoint.

Coordination with the VLA campaign, planned for July 13, was cancelled due
to the activity of AR 7978.  We may have another chance at this on July 27.
We are awaiting confirmation.

SEMINARS

There were no seminars this week.





                       SXT TABLE PLAN FOR WEEK 29
                         (15-Jul-96 to 20-Jul-96)

This week we are doing coordinated observations of transient brightenings
as support for SOHO JOP045.  This will involve CDS, SUMER, and EIT, as well
as Mees, Kitt Peak and other ground-based observatories. 

A dark calibration table will be loaded on Tuesday, and the weekly
diffusers included as part of a standard table on Wednesday.

    KSC Time (start) in JST     Pass          Table ID        
_____________(= UT + 9 hrs)______#_______________________________

Monday       15-JUL-96 09:20     4         960715 P4 ARS2 JOP045
Tuesday	     16-JUL-96 07:56     4         960715 P4 ARS1 DKCAL
Wednesday    17-JUL-96 04:50     2	   960716 P2 ARS1 STD+DIFF
             17-JUL-96 08:15	 4         960716 P4 ARS2 JOP045+L
Thursday     18-JUL-96 06:52     4         960717 P4 ARS1 STD+LONG
Friday	     19-JUL-96 07:11	 4         960718 P4 ARS1 STD+LONG
Saturday     20-JUL-96 02:22     1	   960719 P1 ARS2 JOP045+L
	     20-JUL-96 05:47     3         960719 P3 ARS1 STD+LONG

       *** Please note that this table plan may change ***


Dumping Patrol images:

   We request that KSC tohbans continue to dump a patrol image each time an
SXT table is loaded to facilitate the study of optimizing ARS parameters
for an awfully, awfully quiet period. 

  SSOC TOHBAN, please fax the preliminary OP list to D-tou when it contains
a terminator so that the Chief Observer can suggest which OG's to use.