HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
                              DAILY REPORT #1297

PERIOD COVERED:  0000Z
Daily Status Report as of 003/0000Z

1.0 ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED AND ACCOMPLISHED:

   1.1 Completed Six Sets of WF/PC-2 5369 (HST Medium-Deep Survey: Cycle 4
       Medium, High Galactic  Latitude) 

       The WF/PC-2 made a series of observations of high latitude objects
       as part of a medium deep sky survey. The observations were taken in
       parallel with other prime science observations. All except the last 
       observation were completed as scheduled.  For that observation all
       data was lost when operations misconfigured the STR.  See 2.3 for
       further details.

   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. Due to a tape
       recorder track change, some data was lost in group 4.  No other 
       anomalies were noted. 

   1.3 Completed FOS/RD 5512 (Cores of Early Type Galaxies: Part II)

       The Faint Object Spectrograph (Red Side) was used to obtain
       rotational profiles and velocity dispersions around the core of galaxy
       NGC-3115-NU. The observations were executed as scheduled, and no 
       anomalies were noted. 

   1.4 Completed WF/PC-2 5764 (WF/PC-2 Cycle 4 Calibration: Internal Flats 
       - Repeat)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make internal flat calibration images using
       the VIS lamp and internal sources. The observations were executed as
       scheduled, and no anomalies were noted. 

   1.5 Completed GHRS/2  5487 (Chemical and Physical Processes in Dense 
       Interstellar Clouds: Cycle 4 Medium)

       The High Resolution Spectrograph (Side Two) was used to make
       observations of standard star HD24534 (aka, X-Per) to study the
chemical
       and physical processes in dense interstellar clouds which lie along
the
       line of sight to the star. The HST underwent a recentering event for
       three seconds.  No other anomalies were noted. 

   1.6 Completed WF/PC-2 5351 (Properties of Intermediate Redshift
       Galactic Disks Causing Damped Lyman-Alpha) 

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations to study the diffuse
       material at intermediate redshifts that is identified by absorbing
       Lyman-Alpha spectrum from quasar PKS1229-02. The observations were 
       executed as scheduled, and no anomalies were noted. 

   1.7 Completed FOS/RD 5588 (FOS Prism Snapshot Survey)

       The Faint Object Spectrograph (Red Side) was used to make a Prism
       observation of quasi-stellar object PKS1229-02 to study its optical to
       ultraviolet continuum shape. The observation was executed as
scheduled,
       and no anomalies were noted. 

   1.8 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-3351 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. 

   1.9 Completed WF/PC-2 5485 (Long Period Variables of M81)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations of the long period
       variables in galaxy M-81 (aka, NGC-3031) to compare to those already
       studied in our galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds to learn how much of a
 
       role is played by the environment in which these stars form. The 
       observations were completed as scheduled, and no anomalies were noted.


   1.10 Completed FGS 5334 (Linking the HIPPARCOS to the Extragalactic 
       Reference Frame: BR0-11, Part 1)

       The Fine Guidance Sensors were used to to make astrometric
       observations of several stars (i.e., 640-REF, 0716+714IN, 641-REF, 
       642-REF, INCA221-41, and 642-REF) to help tie the HIPPARCOS and 
       extragalactic reference frames together. The observations were 
       completed as scheduled, and no anomalies were reported. 

   1.11 Completed WF/PC-2 5370 (HST Medium-Deep Survey: Cycle 4 High, High 
       Galactic Latitude)

       The WF/PC-2 was used in parallel with the prime science observations
       to make high galactic latitude observations as part of a medium-deep
sky
       survey. The observations were completed as planned, and no problems
were
       reported. 

   1.12 Completed WF/PC-2  5476 (Continuum Snapshots of 3CR Radio Galaxies) 

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make snapshot images of radio galaxy 3C119.0
       as part of a continuum survey and to study the galaxy's morphology.
The
       observations were executed as scheduled, and no anomalies were noted. 

   1.13 Completed WF/PC-2 5202 (The Disk of Beta Pictoris)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to observe Beta Pictoris (aka HD39060) to image
       the disk.  The image will be saturated, but blooming is expected to be
       limited to the region within one arcsecond of the center, in the
       perpendicular direction.  Investigators are expected to learn about
the
       radial profile, albedo and temperature of the disk.  The observations 
       were completed as planned, and no anomalies were noted. 

   1.14 Completed 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 0329-3022 to provide statistics on the nuclear cusps, stellar
       condensations, and inner stellar disks and dust lanes. The
observations
       were executed as scheduled, and no anomalies were noted. 

   1.15 Completed FOS/RD 5664 (Quasar Absorption Line Survey: Cycle 4 High)

       The Faint Object Spectrograph (Red Side) was used to make
       spectrographic observations of quasi-stellar object PKS1302-10 to look

       for absorption lines due to gas in the intergalactic medium and 
       galactic halos. The observations were executed as scheduled, and no 
       anomalies were noted. 

   1.16 Completed WF/PC-2 5562 (WF/PC-2 Cycle 4 Calibration: Internal
       Monitor 3: Darks) 

       The WF/PC-2 was used to obtain several 30-minute long, dark
       exposures to provide ongoing calibration of the CCD dark current and
to
       monitor and characterize the evolution of hot pixels. The observations

       were executed as scheduled, and no anomalies were noted. 

   1.17 Completed WF/PC-2 5415 (The Distance to M-96 Galaxy Group: Cycle 4 
       Medium)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations of Cepheid variable stars
       within the galaxy UGC-5889 which itself is located in the M-96 galaxy
       cluster. This is to help determine the distance to this galactic
group, 
       and to improve the determination of the Hubble constant. The 
       observations were completed as planned, and no anomalies were
reported. 

   1.18 Completed FOS/BL 5658 (White Dwarf Calibration)

       The Faint Object Spectrograph (Blue Side) was used to make absolute
       sensitivity calibrations of the detectors using standard white dwarf
star
       GD153. The HST experienced a recentering event for two seconds.  No 
       other anomalies were noted. 

   1.19 Completed Two Sets of 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. 

   1.20 Completed WF/PC-2 5493 (Synoptic Monitoring of Seasonal Phenomena 
       on Mars: Cycle 4 Medium)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations of the planet Mars at
selected
       seasons, looking for periodic changes. The observations were executed
as
       scheduled, and no anomalies were noted. 
 
   1.21 Completed WF/PC-2 5354 (Imaging in the Crab Nebula)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make images of NGC-1952-BR (aka, M-1, the
       Crab Nebula) to study ionization structure and to look for hot spots.
The
       observations were completed as planned, and no problems were reported.


   1.22 Completed WF/PC-2 5474 (The Search for Superplanets Around Weak 
       T-Tauri Stars)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations to weak T-Tauri class star
       HBC347 (i.e., pre-main sequence star) to search for possible planets. 

       The observations were executed as planned, and no anomalies were 
       reported.

   1.23 Completed WF/PC-2 5085 (Turbulence in H II Regions)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations of the small scale
       turbulent H II regions located in NGC-1976-9 (aka, the Orion Nebula) 
       using several different line and continuum filters. Ten adjacent
fields 
       of view were images. No anomalies were noted. 

   1.24 Completed WF/PC-2 5637 (Stellar Populations in Dwarf Spheroidal 
       Galaxies: Cycle 4)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations of the dwarf Spheroidal
       galaxy CARINA-064 to study its stellar population. Observations will
be
       made using two different filters. HR diagrams will be constructed and
the
       ages, metallicities, and luminosity functions will be found. The
       observations were completed as planned, and no anomalies have been
       reported. 
   
2.0 FLIGHT OPERATIONS SUMMARY:

   2.1 Guide Star Acquisitions: 

                            Scheduled Acquisitions : 18
                                        Successful : 18

                          Scheduled Reacquisitions : 28
                                        Successful : 28

   2.2 FHST Updates: 

                              Scheduled : 30
                             Successful : 30

   2.3 Significant HSTARs: At 001/0703Z, an NSSC-1 Status Buffer Message
                           occurred.  The result was that all data for
                           one iteration of WFPC 5369 was lost.  Operations
                           personnel had configured the STR for engineering
                           data for a re-conditioning test, and had
                           omitted the re-configuration for science
operations.

   2.4 Operations Notes: 

       In addition to the operational STR error reported in 2.3, there were 
       some data inversions and several short periods of engineering data
loss 
       from STGT operations

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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