HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

                       DAILY REPORT #1896

PERIOD COVERED:  0000Z (UTC) 06/10/97 - 0000Z (UTC) 06/11/97

Daily Status Report as of 162/0000Z

1.0 ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED AND ACCOMPLISHED:

   1.1 Completed WF/PC-2 6887 (A Photometric Search for Faint Companions to
Nearby Stars)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make a photometric search observations of
the nearby star ROSS248 in order to look for possible companions.  The
technique involves use of the Planetary Camera with wide band pass filters
to photometrically measure for the presence of resolved dark companions.
The observations were executed as scheduled, and no anomalies were noted.

   1.2 Completed Seven Sets of STIS/CCD 7675 (STIS Non-Scripted Parallel
Archive Proposal)

       The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (CCD) was used in the
parallel mode to obtain slitless spectroscopy with the G750L grism to
search for emission line galaxies at intermediate to high redshift.  The
observations were completed as planned, and no anomalies were reported.

   1.3 Completed Two Sets of NIC/1/2/3 7710 (NICMOS MULTIACCUM Dark
Characterization 8/8)

       The purpose of this proposal is to obtain group 8 of the on-orbit
darks for the MULTIACCUM predefined sequences requested by GOs, before the
start of Cycle 7.  The observations completed with no reported problems.

   1.4 Completed Three Sets of NIC/1/2/3 7703 (NICMOS MULTIACCUM Dark
Characterization 1/8)

       The purpose of this proposal is to obtain group 1 of the on-orbit
darks for the MULTIACCUM predefined sequences requested by GOs, before the
start of Cycle 7.  The observations completed with no reported problems.

   1.5 Completed Two Sets of STIS/MA1 7093 (Dark Measurement for MAMA Band
1, and Band 2)

       The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (MA1) was used to make dark
calibration observations of the MAMA Bands 1 and 2.  These observations are
to be used to establish that the detectors are performing nominally, that
no internal movement of the MCP has taken place, and to establish the dark
level in orbit for a given operating temperature.  The observations were
completed as planned, and no anomalies were reported.

   1.6 Completed WF/PC-2 6194 (WF/PC-2 Cycle 5: Polarization Proposal)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make polarization observations of star
09-001 at four different spacecraft role angles.  This should permit a
detailed and independent calibration of each polarizer quad.  The
observations were executed as scheduled, and no anomalies were noted.

   1.7 Completed Two Sets of NIC/1/2/3 7038 (NICMOS Target Acquisition Test)

       This test will verify the ability of NICMOS and NSSC-1 flight
software to perform Mode-2 (onboard autonomous) target acquisitions in
support of coronographic imaging.  The efficacy of target location, image
centrartion and coordinate transformation (field distortion an SI-to-FGS)
on-board software will be evaluated.  Flight software data table updates
derived from the pre- and post-target acquisition images and FGS data may
follow the execution of this test.  The test completed nominally with no
reported problems.

   1.8 Completed Two Sets of NIC/1/2/3 7704 (NICMOS MULTIACCUM Dark
Characterization 2/8)

       The purpose of this proposal is to obtain group 2 of the on-orbit
darks for the MULTIACCUM predefined sequences requested by GOs, before the
start of Cycle 7.  The observations completed with no reported problems.

   1.9 Completed NIC/2 7330 (The Fueling of Active Nucleii: A NICMOS
Snapshot Survey)

       The Near Infrared Camera (Camera Two) was used to probe the dark
matter distribution of M31 far from the center by observing intervening
absorption from the MgII doublet (lambda 2800) in the spectrum of one
background QSO located in a geometrically optimal position.  HST
observations are required because this feature is in a wavelength range not
accessible from the ground, and the QSO magnitudes and expected strength of
absorption make IUE observations unfeasible.  The proposal completed as
expected with no anomalies.

   1.10 Completed WF/PC-2 7553 (Pure Parallel Archive Survey II)

       WF/PC-2 parallel observations were obtained in the ultraviolet in
search for interesting objects.  This program is designed to find
extragalactic sources with near ultraviolet excesses (3000 A0) outside the
galactic plane and far ultraviolet sources (1600 A0) in the galactic plane.
The procedure was executed as scheduled, and no anomalies were reported.

   1.11 Completed WF/PC-2 6619 (High Resolution Images of QSO Lyman Alpha
Absorbing Galaxies)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make several images of a galaxy field (Field
1139) in order to obtain high resolution observations of the Lyman Alpha
absorbing galaxies within this field-of-view.  The purpose is to directly
identify the objects responsible for low and intermediate redshift QSO
Lyman-Alpha systems.  The observations were executed as scheduled, and no
anomalies were noted.

   1.12 Completed Five Sets of NIC/1/2/3 7701 (NICMOS Short One Orbit Parallel)

       The Near Infrared Camera (Cameras One, Two and Three) was used as
part of a short NICMOS one-orbit parallel program, to obtain "JHK" imaging
of sky regions when another instrument is prime.  The observations were
completed as scheduled, and no anomalies were reported.

   1.13 Completed WF/PC-2 6553 (Dissecting 3C-324: Anatomy of an Aligned
Radio Galaxy at Z=1.206)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations of the aligned radio
galaxy 3C324 which is known to have a red shift of Z=1.206.  This is a
prototypical example of the radio galaxy "alignment effect", wherein the
spatial orientation of the rest-frame of the ultraviolet continuum emission
is closely aligned with the major axis of the FRII radio source.  The
observations were executed as scheduled, and no anomalies were noted.

   1.14 Completed Four Sets of STIS/CCD 7700 (STIS Non-Scripted Parallel
Archive Proposal)

       The Space Telescope Imaging Telescope (CCD) was used to obtain
slitless spectroscopy with the G750L grism to search for emission line
galaxies at intermediate to high redshift.  Field galaxy surveys have shown
that at high redshift, most galaxies have strong emission lines, and are
compact and blue.  This suggests that star formation rates were higher than
at present,and that AGNs may have been more frequent.  The low background
and high resolution of HST separates these objects from the background.
The proposal completed as planned, and no problems were reported.

   1.15 Completed Four Sets of WF/PC-2 6909 (WF/PC-2 Cycle 6 Calibration:
Earth Flats

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations of the bright Earth to
obtain streak flats which are used to construct high quality flat fields
for the WF/PC-2 filter set.  The observations were executed as scheduled,
and no anomalies were noted.

   1.16 Completed Three Sets of NIC/1/2/3 7676 (NICMOS-One Orbit Parallel)

       The Near Infrared Camera (Cameras One, Two and Three) was used to
conduct an on-orbit calibration procedure.  This was done in parallel with
the prime science observations.  The procedure was completed as scheduled,
and no anomalies were noted.

   1.17 Completed STIS/CCD 7063 (STIS SMOV CCD Contamination Monitor)

       The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (CCD) was used to make
observations of standard star GD153 in order to  measure flux and look for
any gross changes over time that might indicate contamination.  The
observations were completed as scheduled, and no anomalies were reported.

   1.18 Completed Two Sets of WF/PC-2 6802 (Cosmology With the Medium Deep
Survey)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations taken in parallel with the
prime science observations as part of the Medium Deep Sky Survey.  The
observations were executed as scheduled, and no problems were reported.

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 : 11
                             Successful : 11

   2.3 Operations Notes:

       Battery #4 discharge was started at 161/21:14Z. The process is
proceeding nominally. The discharge is expected to take approximately 15 to
18 hours.

       The NASCOM MDM OTUs were turned off at 162/00:38Z affecting events
during a period through 161/01:28Z. All data was recovered from the SSR.

3.0 SIGNIFICANT FORTHCOMING EVENTS:

       Continuation of normal science and SMOV operations.

/DMH