HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

                       DAILY REPORT #1586

PERIOD COVERED:  0000Z (UTC) 03/07/96 - 0000Z (UTC) 03/08/96

Daily Status Report as of 068/0000Z

1.0 ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED AND ACCOMPLISHED:

   1.1 Completed Two Sets of WF/PC-2 6363 (The Environments and Host =
Galaxies of BL-Lac Objects)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make snapshot survey observations to BL-Lac =
object MS1133.7+1 in order to study its environment and its host galaxies. =
 The goal is to investigate systematic trends in host galaxy types, =
unusual morphological features, nearby companion galaxies, etc.  The =
observations were executed as scheduled, and no anomalies were noted.

   1.2 Completed FOS/BL 6489 (The Identification and Cooling of the White =
Dwarf in WZ SGE Like Systems)

       The Faint Object Spectrograph (Blue Side) was used to make =
spectrographic observations of the white dwarf nova in the AL Com system.  =
AL Com, like WZ Sge, has outburst that last months and are separated by =
decades.  Al Com went though an outburst in the spring of 1995.  The =
observations were completed as planned, and no anomalies were reported.

   1.3 Completed Two Sets of WF/PC-2 6345 (Determining the Binary =
Frequency for Ultra-Cool, Nearby M Dwarf Stars)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations of ultra-cool, nearby, M =
class dwarf star LHS2924 to determine the frequency of it being a binary =
system and try to detect stellar and sub-stellar companions.  The =
observations were executed as scheduled, and no anomalies were noted.

   1.4 Completed WF/PC-2 6099 (Black Holes and Cores of Galaxies)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to search for possible black holes in the =
cores of nearby early-type galaxy NGC-5845.  The WF/PC-2 will be used to =
obtain high resolution images of several galaxies to identify those with =
bright cores, and to provide sufficiently accurate coordinates for the =
FOS, which will be used to measure the velocity dispersion around selected =
galaxies.  The observations were executed as scheduled, and no anomalies =
were noted.

   1.5 Completed WF/PC-2 5971 (HST Medium Deep Survey)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make a long exposure medium deep sky survey =
observations at latitudes larger than 10 degrees taken in parallel with =
the prime science observations.  The observations were executed as =
scheduled, and no anomalies were noted.

2.0 FLIGHT OPERATIONS SUMMARY:

   2.1 Guide Star Acquisitions: 

                            Scheduled Acquisitions : 8
                                        Successful : 8

                          Scheduled Reacquisitions : 7
                                        Successful : 7

   2.2 FHST Updates: 

                              Scheduled : 13
                             Successful : 13

   2.3 Operations Notes: 

       HST operations reported no significant problems.

3.0 SIGNIFICANT FORTHCOMING EVENTS: 

        Nothing at this time.

/DMH