HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE
                              DAILY REPORT #1298

PERIOD COVERED:  0000Z
Daily Status Report as of 004/0000Z

1.0 ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED AND ACCOMPLISHED:

   1.1 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, dark,
       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. 

   1.2 Completed Two Sets of 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. 

   1.3 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 EX02040+007 to
look 
       for absorption lines due to gas in the intergalactic medium and
galactic
       halos.  The binary target acquisition for this observation failed. 
The
       maximun total counts in one group was 20, well below the faint limit
       of 30.

   1.4 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. 

   1.5 Completed 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. The observations were
       completed as scheduled, and no 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 spectra from quasar PKS0454+03. 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 PKS0454+03 to study its optical to
       ultraviolet continuum shape. The observation was executed as
scheduled,
       and no anomalies were noted. 

   1.8 Completed FOS/BL 5666 (Optical Counterparts of Radio Pulsars (FOS 
       38) Carryover Observations)

       The Faint Object Spectrograph (Blue Side) was used to make
       observations of the Crab Nebula Pulsar to determine the ultraviolet
       spectral index for the non-thermal radiation and to look for breaks in

       the spectrum, as well as possible absorption lines from intervening
gas.
       The observations were completed as planned, and no problems were 
       reported. 

   1.9 Completed WF/PC-2 5371 (HST Medium_ Deep Survey: Cycle 4 Medium Low 
       Galactic Latitude)

       The WF/PC-2 was used in parallel with the prime science observations
       to make low galactic latitude deep multicolor images of objects such
as
       galaxies, and stars in our galaxy. The observations were completed as
       planned, and no problems were reported. 

   1.10 Completed WF/PC-2 5408 (Star Cluster and CNO Abundance in Blue 
       Compact Galaxies With Extreme) 

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations of the star formation
       regions within the low metallicity blue compact galaxy SBS0335-05 to
be
       used to determine the size, color, and luminosity of imbedded star
       clusters. The observations were executed as scheduled, and no
anomalies
       were noted. 

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 : 8
                             Successful : 8

   2.3 Significant HSTARs: None

   2.4 Operations Notes: 

       Data inversions continue to occur often during STGT support periods.

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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