HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

                       DAILY REPORT #1965

PERIOD COVERED:  0000Z (UTC) 09/17/97 - 0000Z (UTC) 09/18/97

Daily Status Report as of 261/0000Z

1.0 ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED AND ACCOMPLISHED:

   1.1 Completed Three Sets of WF/PC-2 7621 (WF/PC-2 Cycle 7 Supplemental
Darks PT1/3)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make supplemental dark calibration images.
This set of calibrations is intended to obtain three dark frames every day
to provide data for monitoring and characterizing the evolution of hot
pixels.  The observations were executed as scheduled, and no anomalies were
noted.

   1.2 Completed STIS/CCD 7659 (Daily Darks to Update Acquisition Bad Pixel
Table)

       The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (CCD) was used to make dark
calibration images in order to update the acquisition bad pixel table.
Daily hot pixel lists can also be used for science data analysis.  The
observations were executed as scheduled, and no anomalies were noted.

   1.3 Completed FGS 6768 (Continuation of an Astrometric Search For
Planetary Companions to Proxima-Cen)

       The FGS were used to make astrometric observations of the star
Proxima-Cen and several other reference stars.  Excluding our Sun, this is
the next closest star to the planet Earth at just over four light years
away. These data will be combined with data from previous cycles and
analysis will be done looking for any indications of a planetary companion.
The observations were executed as scheduled, and no anomalies were noted.

   1.4 Completed Four Sets of STIS/CCD 7781 (STIS Non-Scripted Parallel
Archive Proposal - Full Orbit)

       The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (MA2) was used for a
non-scripted parallel archive proposal (one full orbit).  The observations
were executed as scheduled with no anomalies.

   1.5 Completed Three Sets of NIC/1/2/3 7726 (NICMOS One Orbit Parallel)

       The Near Infrared Camera (Cameras One, Two and Three) was used to
make one orbit parallel calibration observations.  The observations were
executed as scheduled, and no anomalies were noted.

   1.6 Completed Two Sets of STIS/CCD 7125 (CCD Coronographic Imaging of
the Disk of Beta Pictoris)

       The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (CCD) was used to make high
resolution coronographic imaging of the inner section of the edge-on disk
surrounding the star HD39060 (a.k.a., Beta Pictoris).  The observations
were completed as scheduled, and no anomalies were noted.

   1.7 Completed Four Sets of WF/PC-2 7625 (WF/PC-2 Cycle 7 Earth Flats)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make a series of Earth flat calibration
images.  These flat fields will allow mapping of the OTA illumination
pattern and will be used in conjunction with previous internal and external
flats to generate new pipeline superflats.  The observations were completed
as planned, and no anomalies were reported.

   1.8 Completed Five Sets of WF/PC-2 7623 (WF/PC-2 Cycle 7 Internal Flats)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make a set of internal Cycle 7 calibration
flats which are designed to monitor the pixel to pixel flat field response
and the visflat lamp degradation, as well as detect any possible changes
due to contamination.  The calibration observations were completed as
planned, and no problems were reported.

   1.9 Completed NIC/2 7420 (A Near-Infrared Search for Very Low Mass
Companions to Stars Within 10 Parsecs of the Sun)

       The Near Infrared Camera (Camera Two) was used to make searching
observations for very low mass companions to variable star FI-Vir.  This
star is known to be within 10 parsecs of the Sun.  The observations were
executed as scheduled, and no anomalies were noted.

   1.10 Completed WF/PC-2 7618 (WF/PC-2 Cycle 7 Photometric Monitor UV/OPT STD)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations of the standard star
GRW+70D582 as part of a Cycle 7 photometric monitoring program.  This
ultraviolet spectrophotometric standard star was observed in a variety of
filters and cameras to monitor the photometric stability and quantum
efficiency of WF/PC-2 from the far-ultraviolet to near-infrared.  The
observations were completed as scheduled, and no problems were reported.

   1.11 Completed NIC/1/2/3 7412 (An HST/NICMOS Search for Young Brown
Dwarfs and Giant Planets)

       The Near Infrared Camera (Cameras One, Two and Three) was used to
make observations taken in parallel with the prime science observations to
be part of a survey to look for large planets and/or small brown dwarf
stars which are in orbit around T-Tauri class star RXJ16043-2.  At an age
of 2 to 20 million years these low-mass companions will be considerably
brighter than more evolved brown dwarfs or giant planets orbiting
main-sequence stars, and hence will be much easier to detect.  The
observations were completed as planned, and no anomalies were noted.

   1.12 Completed STIS/CCD 7782 (STIS Non-Scripted Parallel Archive
Proposal - Half Orbit)

       The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (CCD) was used for a
non-scripted parallel archive proposal (one-half orbit).  The observations
were executed as scheduled with no anomalies.

   1.13 Completed STIS/CCD 7783 (STIS Parallel Science)

       The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (CCD) was used to make
observations taken in parallel with the prime science.  The observations
were completed, and no problems were reported.

   1.14 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 NGC-5128, 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.

   1.15 Completed WF/PC-2 NIC/2 7445 (Study of Jovian Dynamics by Combining
Global and Temporal HST Observations with Galileo Data)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations of the planet Jupiter in
order to study its dynamics.  Due to Galileo's limited data rate and the
small imaging field of view, HST has become vital in understanding the
global perspective of this data.  Per HSTAR 6170, the initial acquisition
for this proposal defaulted to fine lock on FGS-3 at 260/131409Z only when
the scan steps being exceeded on FGS-1.  No further anomalies were noted.

   1.16 Completed STIS/MA2 7644 (STIS NUV-MAMA Monitoring Flats)

       The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (MA2) was used to obtain
near Ultraviolet-MAMA flat-field observations for the construction of
bi-monthly delta-flats.  The acquisition default mentioned in 1.15 also
affected this proposal.  The observations were completed as planned, and no
further problems were reported.

   1.17 Completed STIS/MA1 7728 (STIS FUV-MAMA Monitoring Flats)

       The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (MA1) was used for the STIS
MAMA flat monitoring program.  This program will obtain
far-ultraviolet-MAMA flat-field observations for the construction of
Delta-flats for select modes.  The observations were completed as planned,
and no anomalies were reported.

   1.18 Completed WF/PC-2 6431 (Determination of the Extragalactric
Distance Scale)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations of the galaxy NGC-1326 to
be used in measuring the periods of Cepheid variable stars within this
galaxy.  This will allow for a more accurate estimate of the distances to
these galaxies through the period-luminosity relation for the Cepheid
stars.  The observations were executed as scheduled, and no anomalies were
noted.

   1.19 Completed Two Sets of NIC/1/2/3 7729 (NICMOS Short One Orbit Parallel)

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

2.0 FLIGHT OPERATIONS SUMMARY:

   2.1 Guide Star Acquisitions:

                            Scheduled Acquisitions : 7
                                        Successful : 7

       One acquisition defaulted to fine lock on one FGS only.  See 1.15
and 1.16 for further details.

                          Scheduled Reacquisitions : 9
                                        Successful : 9


   2.2 FHST Updates:

                              Scheduled : 18
                             Successful : 18

   2.3 Operations Notes:

       The proposal described in 1.6 is an Early Release Observation.

3.0 SIGNIFICANT FORTHCOMING EVENTS:

       Continuation of normal science observations and calibrations.

/DMH