HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

                       DAILY REPORT #1581

PERIOD COVERED:  0000Z (UTC) 02/29/96 - 0000Z (UTC) 03/01/96

Daily Status Report as of 061/0000Z

1.0 ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED AND ACCOMPLISHED:

   1.1 Completed FGS 6238 (Companion to GL6230)

       The FGSs were used to make POS and TRANS mode astrometric =
observations of star GL623 (aka, Gleise 623) looking for possible =
companions.  Five other reference stars were also used.  From these data =
the precise parallax, barycentic orbits, and accurate masses of the star =
and its companion will be determined.  The observations were completed as =
schedule, and no anomalies were reported.

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

       The WF/PC-2 was used 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.

   1.3 Completed GHRS/2/1 5867 (UV Spectroscopy of the Low Mass X-Ray =
Binary SCO-X1)

      Both the High Resolution Spectrographs (Side One and Side Two) were =
used to make ultraviolet observations of the low mass x-ray binary system =
Sco-X1.  The objective is to look for short timescale variability, which =
will provide a measure of the size of the ultraviolet emitting region.  =
The observations were executed as scheduled, and no anomalies were noted.




2.0 FLIGHT OPERATIONS SUMMARY:

   2.1 Guide Star Acquisitions: 

                            Scheduled Acquisitions : 4
                                        Successful : 3

       As documented in HSTAR 5522, the FGS #3 acquisition at 061/0027Z =
and the four following re-acquisitions (at 061/0151Z, 061/0331Z, 061/0505, =
and 061/0642Z) all failed.  For each failure the step scan limit was =
exceeded.

                          Scheduled Reacquisitions : 12
                                        Successful : 8

   2.2 FHST Updates: 

                              Scheduled : 5
                             Successful : 5

   2.3 Operations Notes: 

       There were no reported operational problems.

3.0 SIGNIFICANT FORTHCOMING EVENTS: 

        Nothing at this time.

/DMH