HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
                               DAILY REPORT #1069

PERIOD COVERED:  0700 EST
Daily Status Report as of 038/1200Z.

1.0 ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED AND ACCOMPLISHED:

   1.1 Completed Two Sets of WF/PC-2 4763 (WF/PC-2 QE Throughput
       Measurement)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make ultraviolet exposures of the UV
       flux-standard star BD+75D325 to be used for alignment studies. The
       OSS monitored the observations, and assessed the data quality. One
       exposure was underexposed by 3.5 seconds due to a recentering event.


   1.2 Completed Four Sets of FOS/RD 4908 (SMOV FOS/FGS Fine Alignment)

       The Faint Object Spectrograph was used to make observations of
       cluster NGC-188-225 to find the location of its apertures, the plate
       scale, and the orientation and separation of its detectors. Each
       part was executed on both the Red and Blues Sides. A corrective SIP
       maneuver was successfully uplinked to the spacecraft. The subsequent
       observations were reported to look fine.

       During a second series of observations a total of four
       reacquisitions failed. (See Operations Note 2.1). Subsequent
       observations did not occur.

       During a thrid series of observations an observation exceeded an
       overlight sum for one minor frame. As a result thye FOS was safed.
       Several Status Buffer error messages were received. (See Operation
       Note 2.4)

   1.3 Completed COSTAR/U 4732 (COSTAR/GHRS Fine Alignment X-Tilt/Y-Tilt)

       A 3X3 tilt-scan test was performed to fine tune the values for the
       best X-tilt and Y-tilt positions of the GHRS tilt mirrors of COSTAR.
       The target was the 12th magnitude standard star AGK81D266. Several
       SIP corrective maneuvers were successfully uplinked to the
       spacecraft. The OSS monitored the observations, and assessed the
       data quality. No anomalies were noted.

   1.4 Completed Two Sets of WF/PC-2 4709 (WF/PC-2 Internal Monitor)

       The WF/PC-2 camera was used to make a series of routine dark, bias,
       K-Spot, and internal flat calibration images to monitor the
       instrument's performance. The observations were monitored in the
       OSS, and the data quality was assessed. No anomalies were noted.

   1.5 Completed Four Sets of WF/PC-2 5475 (A Snapshot Survey for Blue
       Stragglers in Magellanic Cluster Cores)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make short exposure snapshot images of the
       blue straggler stars located in populous  clusters NGC-2134,
       NGC-2257, NGC-416, and NGC-1856. A populous cluster is the
       Magellanic Cloud equivalent of a galactic globular cluster. The
       observations were made with two different color filters. The intent
       is to find out if blue straggler stars exist within these clusters.
       All of the images were received and displayed. They were reported to
       look nominal.

   1.6 Completed WF/PC-2 4721 (WF/PC-2 Decontamination and TEC Turn On)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make ultraviolet photometric observations of
       the star standard A+81D262. All four sets of CCDs were used. The
       images were received and displayed in the OSS. No anomalies were
       reported.

   1.7 Completed Two Sets of FOC/96 5185 (Magellanic Cloud Planetary
       Nebulae: Cycle 4)

       The Faint Object Camera (f/96) was used to make observations of the
       planetary nebula LMC-N66 which is located in the Large Magellanic
       Cloud to determine its mass and age. The images were received and
       displayed. No anomalies were noted.

   1.8 Completed Two Sets of FOC/96 5156 (Optical Emission in Double Radio
       Galaxy Lobes: Cycle 4)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations of the compact hot spots
       in the double radio lobes of radio galaxy 3C285 located in Pictoris
       to search for optical counterparts of the radio hot spots. Two
       images were taken, and one was received and displayed. The other
       image still remains on the science tape recorder.

   1.9 Completed Two Set of S/C 5254 (GHRS SMOV Side 1 Activation)

       The OSS verified that the GHRS DET1 DEB1, and DEB2 power came on as
       scheduled. No anomalies were noted.

   1.10 Completed WF/PC-2 5098 (UV Spectra and Images of Low Redshift QSOs:
        Cycle 4 Observations)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make two ultraviolet images of the Low-Z
       quasi-stellar object PKS0454-22 to obtain images and spectra of the
       surrounding galaxy. Both images were received and displayed. They
       both were reported to look okay.

   1.11 Completed WF/PC-2 5240 (SMOV-WF/PC-2 Flat Fields Calibration)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make a set of Earth calibration images and
       visual internal flat images. Six images were received and displayed.
       They were reported to be okay.

2.0 FLIGHT OPERATIONS SUMMARY:

    2.1 Guide Star Acquisitions:

                            Scheduled Acquisitions : 20
                                        Successful : 20
                          Scheduled Reacquisitions : 19
                                        Successful : 14

       Reacquisition failures at 036/0101, 0211, 0238, and 0414Z occurred
       because of an attitude error caused by a timing conflict with a
       recentering event. The problem is under investigation.

   2.2 FHST Updates:

                              Scheduled :35
                             Successful :35

   2.3 Significant HSTARs: None

   2.4 Operations Notes:

       During the past week, SMOV activities continued on or ahead of the
       SMOV milestone schedule.  WF/PC-2 successfully performed
       decontamination exercises, flat field calibration, QE and throughput
       measurements, point spread function characterization, and relative
       photometric calibration. GHRS completed its COSTAR coarse alignment
       activities, began the COSTAR fine alignment focus operations, and
       executed side 1 testing.  COSTAR/FOS fine alignment operations were
       executed nominally.  In addition, a spacecraft disturbance test was
       conducted along with an FGS KFACTOR verification test.

       On Sunday, at approximately 1318Z, the FOS safed when the overlight
       safing limit test failed during proposal 4908.  Initial indications
       are that the limit may not have been set appropriately for the
       entire proposal. The FOS was recovered from safing Sunday evening at
       2142Z.

       There was no anomalous activity in any HST subsystem.

3.0 ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED FOR NEXT REPORTING PERIOD:

   3.1 Complete FGS 4893 (Orbital Motions of Close Binary Stars: Cycle 3
       High)

   3.2 Complete WF/PC-2 4709 (WF/PC-2 Internal Monitor)

   3.3 Complete GHRS/2 4786 (SMOV COSTAR/GHRS Sensitivity MSTM)

   3.4 Complete Four Sets of WF/PC-2 5240 (SMOV WF/PC-2 Flat Fields
       Calibration)

   3.5 Complete FOS/BL 5444 (A UV Spectral Library of Metal Poor Massive
       Stars)

   3.6 Complete WF/PC-2 5475 (A Snapshot Survey For Blue Straggles in
       Magellanic Cluster Cores)

   3.7 Complete FOS/BL 4908 (SMOV FOS/FGS Fine Alignment)

   3.8 Complete FOC/96 5139 (A Search For Low Mass Companions to Nearby
       Astrometric Binaries)

   3.9 Complete WF/PC-2 5099 (Imaging and Spectroscopy of a Complete Sample
       of Bright Nearby Quasars)

   3.10 Complete FGS 4892 (Duplicity Among Hyades Stars: Cycle 3 High)

   3.11 Complete FOC/96 5141 (FOC Multicolor Imaging of the High Red Shift
       Galaxies Causing the Mg II)

   3.12 Complete Two Sets of WF/PC-2 5091 (GTO High Latitude Parallel
       Program: Cycle 4)

   3.13 Complete FOS/RD 5320 (A New Size Constraint on Lyman Alpha Clouds:
       Cycle 4 Medium)

   3.14 Complete WF/PC-2 5369 (HST Medium Deep Survey: Cycle 4 Medium, High
       Galactic Latitude)

   3.15 Complete FOC/96 5140 (Observations of the Narrow Line Regions in
       Nearby Seyfert Galaxies)

4.0 ANOMALY STATUS:

   4.1 Significant New Anomalies: None

   4.2 Significant Unresolved Anomalies: None

5.0 SIGNIFICANT FORTHCOMING EVENTS: None

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