\begin{table}%t1 \caption{\label{tab1}Summary of the in-flight calibration targets used since the launch on 2004~November~20.} \small%\centerline { \begin{tabular}{lllll} \hline \hline %&&&& \\[-8pt] Object$^\ddagger$ & Type & Mode & Purpose & Exposure (ks) \\ \hline %&&&& \\[-8pt] RXJ 1856.5-3754$^{x,c,s}$ & Neutron star & PC/WT & Low energy response & 81/70 (31/40)$^\dagger$ \\ PKS 0745-19 & Cluster of & PC & Effective area & 63 (20)\\ & galaxies & & & \\ 2E 0102-723$^{x,c,s}$ & Line-rich SNR & PC & Gain, energy resolution and & 119 (28)\\ & & WT & shoulder & 76 (26) \\ Cas A$^{x,c,s}$ & Line-rich SNR & PC & Energy scale offset, gain, shoulder, & 235 (67)\\ & & WT & CTI and energy resolution & 62 (39) \\ 3C 273$^{*/x,r,c,s}$ & Quasar & WT & Effective area & 18 \\ PSR 0540-69$^x$ & Pulsar & PC/WT & Effective area & 56/26 (25 in PC)\\ PKS 2155-304$^*/x$ & Blazar & PC/WT & Effective area & 14/13 (5/9)\\ NGC 7172$^{*/x}$ & Seyfert 2 & PC & Redistribution & 15 \\ G21.5$^x$ & Featureless SNR & PC & High-energy shelf & 43 (78 in PC \& 77 in WT) \\ Mkn 421$^*$ & Blazar & WT & Effective area & 33 (10) \\ Crab$^{x,c,s,r,i}$ & Pulsar/SNR & WT & Effective area & 46 (5) \\ \hline \end{tabular}} \medskip $^\ddagger$ The letter indices $x,~c,~s,~r,~i$ correspond to sources observed by other X-/Gamma-ray instruments for calibration purposes: {\it XMM-Newton}; {\it Chandra}; {\it Suzaku}; {\it RXTE}; {\it INTEGRAL}, respectively. \\ $^\dagger$ The numbers in parentheses correspond to the exposure time collected from September~2007 to the end of December~2007 and dedicated to the re-calibration of the XRT after the substrate voltage change (see Sect.~\ref{Vss}), while the other numbers correspond to the calibration data collected prior to the substrate voltage change on 2007~August~30. \\ $^*$ This symbol corresponds to the sources for which simultaneous calibration observations were performed with the {\it XMM-Newton} EPIC~cameras. \end{table}