SXT Status Report
			14 August - 20 August 1995 (Week 33)
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                                    Mark Weber 
                                    14-Aug-95


   My exciting discovery in the SXT data this week is a small active 
region that showed up in some PFIs of AR 7899. Although the region was
approaching disk center, part of it seems to be occulted, as if it were
just coming over the limb. Like as not, I will be informed shortly that
this is a known artifact of the calibration, but in the meantime I can
believe it to be fascinating.


SOLAR ACTIVITY

   Activity is low; even upsurges fail to break on the C-shore for GOES
data. The depressed emission levels have facilitated the observation of
filaments in coordination with Hawaii.
  

SXT INSTRUMENT STATUS

   The SXT has been functioning properly.


CALIBRATION STATUS

   We continue to try to obtain offpoint-terminators to increase our
calibration base.


PASS CONFLICTS

   We lost a total of seven (7) passes due to conflicts with ASCA.


CAMPAIGNS

   The only campaign carried on in Week 33 was Filament Observation
   with Hawaii.
   Following is the status of impending, or on-hold, campaigns.

   - FILAMENT OBSERVATIONS
     It was decided that, due to the current timing of Yohkoh's
     KSC passes, the SXT Chief Observer will determine targets for
     coordination with Mees.

   - SPARTAN
     Spartan 201-03 launch delayed until "no earlier than mid-August".
     Our observing plan will change depending on exact launch date.

   - POLAR RAY CAMPAIGN
     The Yohkoh team has accepted a campaign proposal from Koutchmy-san
     Hara-san to
        "Identify and deduce relevant parameters of small
        scale features seen at high temperature in polar
        regions at time when polar faculae are still active."
     The dates of this campaign will be determined by the proposers and
     the SXT Chief Observer.


SEMINARS

   Yohkoh seminar fans must continue to wait until the lecture series
   begins once more.

PERSONNEL

   Greg Slater of Lockheed arrived to do science and to provide software
   and systems support.


Week 33 Tohban:
   SSOC: Sakurai and Akita
   KSC:  Masuda and Sato
SXT Chief Observer:
   M. Weber
SXT Systems and Data Engineer:
   G. Slater