HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
                               DAILY REPORT #1223

PERIOD COVERED:  0000Z
Daily Status Report as of 257/0000Z.

1.0 ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED AND ACCOMPLISHED:

   1.1 Completed WF/PC-2 5092 (GTO Low Latitude Parallel Program: Cycle 4)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations taken in parallel with the
       prime science observations. This is part of a survey to take
       pictures of a large number of fields within 30 degrees of the
       galactic plane. The observations were completed as planned, and no
       problems were reported.

   1.2 Completed WF/PC-2 5560 (WF/PC-2 Cycle 4 Calibration: Internal
       Monitor. 1)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make several internal bias, K-Spot, and flat
       calibration observations to monitor the CCD camera electronics, the
       optical alignment, and to check for contamination. The observations
       were completed as planned, and no anomalies were noted.

   1.3 Completed WF/PC-2 5397 (Determination of the Extragalactic Distance
       Scale: Cycle 4 High)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make images of galaxy NGC-925 to be used in
       measuring the periods of Cepheid variable stars within the galaxy.
       The observations were completed as planned, and no anomalies were
       noted.

   1.4 Completed WF/PC-2 5569 (WF/PC-2 Cycle 4 Calibration: Internal Flats)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make flat field calibration images with the
       VIS lamp, and with the internal source. The observations were
       completed as planned, and no problems were reported.

   1.5 Completed Two Sets of WF/PC-2 5446 (The Nuclei of Nearby S0 and
       Spiral Galaxies: A PC Snapshot Imaging)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations of the core region of
       galaxy 0329-3130 to provide statistics on the nuclear cups, stellar
       condensations, and inner stellar disks and dust lanes. The
       observations were executed as scheduled. There was loss from groups
       1 and 2 due to a tape recorder track change. The data was not
       recoverable.

   1.6 Completed Two Sets of FOS/RD 5304 (QSO Absorption Selected Galaxies
       in Field of 3C336: Cycle 4 High)

       The Faint Object spectrograph (Red Side) was used to make
       observations of 3C336.0 to look for absorption from galaxies which
       lie along the line-of-sight to the QSOs. The observations were
       executed as scheduled, and no anomalies were noted.

   1.7 Completed WF/PC-2 5479 (Subarcsecond Structure in Nearby AGNs)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make snapshot observations of the nearby
       active galactic nuclei of MARK40 to study the interactions between
       the central engine, the stars, and the interstellar matter in the
       AGN. The observations were executed as scheduled, and no anomalies
       were noted.

   1.8 Completed WF/PC-2 5378 (Morphological Evolution of Galaxies in
       Clusters at Z = 0.5)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations of galaxy GAL-CLUS-0 to
       study its morphology. The exposure time was 1200 seconds. The
       observations were completed as planned, and no problems were
       reported.

   1.9 Completed WF/PC-2 5571 (WF/PC-2 Cycle 4 Calibration: Earthflats,
       Smaller Set)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make several ultraviolet and narrow-band
       filter Earth flat calibration observations to correct for the
       telescope's illumination pattern. The observations were completed as
       planned, and no problems were reported.

   1.10 Completed FOC/96 5469 (Externally Illuminated Proto-Stellar Disks
        and Naked Jets)

       The Faint Object Camera (f/96) was used to make high resolution
       observations of young stellar objects and proto-planetary disks in
       NGC-1976 (aka, The Orion Nebula). The observations were executed as
       scheduled. An observation was written across a track change of the
       Science Tape Recorder (STR). Some observational data was lost due to
       anticipated overwrites on the tape recorder. This was done according
       to the instructions of the PI and of the SPSS, in order to preserve
       the data from orbits 2 and 3. This data loss occurred because of the
       TDRSS services being used for the current shuttle mission. This was
       not a supprise.

   1.11 Completed GHRS/2 5473 (The Interstellar Abundance of Krypton: Cycle
       4 High)

       The High Resolution Spectrograph was used to make observations of
       the star Lambda Orionis which is an O/B class star to study the
       abundance of Krypton to provide information about stellar
       nucleosynthesis and stellar evolution. The observations were
       completed as planned, and no anomalies were reported.

2.0 FLIGHT OPERATIONS SUMMARY:

    2.1 Guide Star Acquisitions:


                            Scheduled Acquisitions : 7
                                        Successful : 7
                          Scheduled Reacquisitions : 8
                                        Successful : 8

   2.2 FHST Updates:

                              Scheduled :10
                             Successful :10

   2.3 Significant HSTARs: None

   2.4 Operations Notes:

       During this operational day there have been no reported anomalies in
       any HST subsystem.

       For the on-going SADE-1R anomaly investigation, data collection
       during SA slews continues, and extractions are being performed from
       archived data. From the latter activity, in the previous 70 days,
       torque failure flags have been detected 10 times on the +SA wing and
       17 times on the -SA wing.  All data is being provided to ESA with
       telecons being conducted daily.

3.0 ANOMALY STATUS:

   3.1 Significant New Anomalies: None

   3.2 Significant Unresolved Anomalies: None

4.0 SIGNIFICANT FORTHCOMING EVENTS:

        Nothing at this time.

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