Today I got my marching orders!
Today I got my marching orders! The US scientists and the Japanese scientists in charge of the Astro-E2 mission met here last week to finalize the list of objects that I'll be looking at once I get into space. It's a combination of objects that were proposed by American astronomers and by Japanese astronomers separately. The meeting last week was to sort out what to do if two astronomers from separate countries had proposed to look at the same object. They decide whether just one astronomer should have the data, or whether the two astronomers should work on it together.
Here's a link to the list. It gives the name of the object, its location in the sky (by Right Ascension and Declination), the length of the observation (in thousands of seconds), the number of observations, and the name of the astronomer who proposed to look at it. First item on the list is the Andromeda Galaxy! Unfortunately, I have to wait about 7 months after launch before I start looking at these. But I'll have enough to do in those first 7 months.
Don't forget that American students can also propose objects for me to look at.
I'm going to go take a nap.
