HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
                               DAILY REPORT #1027

PERIOD COVERED:  0800 EST
Daily Status Report as of 336/1200Z.

1.0 ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED AND ACCOMPLISHED:

       Note: Science observations will continue until about 24 Hours after
       the Lift-Off of the STS-61 Mission.

   1.1 Completed Two Sets of PC 5014 (WF/PC Cycle 3 Calibration: PC Flats
       Narrow. 2)

       The Planetary Camera was used to make standard Earth calibrations
       images for flat fielding of PC observations. Medium and narrow
       filters were used, with and without neutral density filters. The
       observations were executed as scheduled. A total of eight
       observations were received and displayed. Two were reported to be
       okay, two were underexposed, three were saturated, and one suffered
       some data loss due to a tape recorder track change.

   1.2 Completed PC 5027 (WF/PC Cycle 3 Calibration: Rapid Internal Monitor
       - Part 2)

       The Planetary Camera was used to make internal flat observations
       to check for quantum efficiency hysteresis. Two images were taken,
       and both were reported to look normal.

   1.3 Completed PC 5072 (WF/PC Cycle 3 Calibration: PC Flats Wide. 1)

       Both the Wide Field Camera and the Planetary camera were used to
       make Earth Flat calibration exposures using the wide and medium band
       filters. Six observations were received and displayed in the OSS.
       Three images were reported to be okay, two were underexposed, and
       one was saturated.

   1.4 Completed Two Sets of 4381 (HST Medium - Deep Survey Cycle 3)

       The Wide Field Camera was used to make two sets of medium-deep high
       latitude sky survey observations taken in parallel with the prime
       science observations. The observations were executed as scheduled.
       The first two observations were reported to have had recentering
       events occur, the third observation was reported to be okay.

   1.5 Completed WFC 5023 (Cal/WFPC Cycle 3 Polarization Calibration)

       The Wide Field Camera was used to make polarization calibration
       observations by using images of a non-polarized standard star. This
       will allow for the absolute transmittance of the polarized optical
       path to be established. Four images were received and displayed. One
       was reported to be saturated, and the other three were okay.

   1.6 Completed GHRS/2 4883 (Weak Absorption Lines in 3C273: Cycle 3 High)

       The High Resolution spectrograph was used to make observations of
       radio quasar 3C273.0 (Visual Magnitude 12.8) to study the Lyman -
       Alpha "forest" and to place limits on the column densities of the
       various clouds that produce the forest. The first two observations
       were monitored in real-time. The onboard target acquisition was
       successful. The remaining observations were taken during LOS, and
       were stored on the science tape recorder. After later analysis, they
       were reported to have had several recentering events occur during
       the observations. They were reported to look reasonable.

2.0 FLIGHT OPERATIONS SUMMARY:

    2.1 Guide Star Acquisitions:

                            Scheduled Acquisitions : 5
                                        Successful : 5
                          Scheduled Reacquisitions : 10
                                        Successful : 10

   2.2 FHST Updates:

                              Scheduled : 11
                             Successful : 11

   2.3 Significant HSTARs: None

   2.4 Operations Note:

       The launch of STS-61 was successfully executed as scheduled this
       morning, Thursday, Dec.2, 1993 at 336/0926Z. The First Servicing
       Mission is going as planned. No anomalies have been noted.

3.0 ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED FOR NEXT REPORTING PERIOD:

   3.1 Complete TWO SETS OF 4903 (The Nuclei of Nearby S0 and Spiral
       Galaxies - II A PC Snapshot Imaging)

   3.2 Complete GHRS/2 3880 (Circumstellar and Interstellar Absorption
       Lines in Planetary Nebula)

   3.3 Complete HSP/VIS/UV2/POL 5022 (HSP Photometric Calibration - Cycle 
3)

   3.4 Complete Two Sets of WFC 4381 (HST Medium - Deep Survey - Cycle 3)

   3.5 Complete PC 4929 (WF/PC Cycle 2: Improved Dark Calibration)

   3.6 Complete FOS/RD 5225 (Quasar Absorption Line Survey - Cycle 3 High -
       Part 3)

4.0 ANOMALY STATUS:

   4.1 Significant New Anomalies: None

   4.2 Significant Unresolved Anomalies: None

5.0 SIGNIFICANT FORTHCOMING EVENTS:

       The normal planned execution of the First Servicing Mission.

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