HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

                       DAILY REPORT #1557

PERIOD COVERED:  0000Z (UTC) 01/25/96 - 0000Z (UTC) 01/26/96

Daily Status Report as of 026/0000Z

1.0 ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED AND ACCOMPLISHED:

   1.1 Completed WF/P-2 6254 (GTO Pure Parallel Program - Cycle 5)

       The WF/PC-2 was use to make random long exposures of high galactic =
fields taken in parallel with the prime science observations to obtain a =
random sample of galaxies.  The observations were executed as scheduled, =
and no anomalies were noted.

   1.2 Completed WF/PC-2 6344 (Low - Mass Binaries in the Hyades - =
Completing the Survey)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations of the low mass binary =
star RHY049 (M-Class Dwarf Stars) which is located in the Hyades Cluster.  =
The observations were executed as scheduled, and no anomalies were noted.

   1.3 Completed WF/PC-2 5972 (Determination of the Extragalactic Distance =
Scale)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations of the galaxy NGC-2090 =
looking for standard candle Cepheid variable stars.  The purpose of these =
observations is to help estimate the Hubble constant with an accuracy of =
10%.  The observations were executed as scheduled, and no anomalies were =
noted.

   1.4 Completed WF/PC-2 6223 (The Disks Around Young Stellar Objects)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to study the disk around the young stellar =
object FS-Tau which is located in the Taurus-Auriga molecular cloud.  This =
disk was detected by a radio telescope, and is comparable to the estimated =
size of the solar nebula about the time of planetary formation.  The =
observations were completed as planned, and no problems were reported.

   1.5 Completed two Sets of WF/PC-2 5447 (The Nature of Primeval =
Galaxies)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make deep polarization observations of the =
distant, massive galaxy TX0828+193 to look for molecular gas, dust, and =
star formation.  The observations were executed as scheduled, and no =
anomalies were noted. 

   1.6 Completed Two Sets of FOS/BL 6166 (FOS Cycle 5: Location of Spectra =
and Wavelength Calibration)

       The Faint Object Spectrograph (Blue Side) was used to make =
wavelength calibration images to measure the stability of the FOS Blue =
Side wavelength scale and spectral locations.  A Taled calibration =
observations was also taken.  The observations were completed as planned, =
and no anomalies were reported.

   1.7 Completed Two Sets WF/PC-2 6187 (WF/PC-2 Cycle 5 Calibration: Earth =
Flat)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make Earth streak flat calibration images.  =
These streak flats will be used to produce flat fields, to map the OTA =
illumination pattern and, in combination with other data, to produce new =
superflats.  The observations were completed as planned, and no problems =
were reported.

2.0 FLIGHT OPERATIONS SUMMARY:

   2.1 Guide Star Acquisitions: 

                            Scheduled Acquisitions : 6
                                        Successful : 6

                          Scheduled Reacquisitions : 9
                                        Successful : 9

   2.2 FHST Updates: 

                              Scheduled : 9
                             Successful : 9

   2.3 Operations Notes: 

       On two occasions there were polynomial errors on science tape =
recorder dumps, once on STR #1 and once on 
STR #3.  In the first case, the scientific observation was unaffected when =
a re-dump moved the errors to another portion of the dump.  For the second =
occurrence, there was no time to re-dump.  A WFPC-2 observation was =
affected.

       ESTR #2 remains in a powered off state.

3.0 SIGNIFICANT FORTHCOMING EVENTS: 

        Nothing at this time.

/DMH