HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

                       DAILY REPORT #2057

PERIOD COVERED:  0000Z (UTC) 02/09/98 - 0000Z (UTC) 02/10/98

Daily Status Report as of 041/0000Z

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 7803 (Daily Darks to Update Acquisition Bad Pixel
Table Part III)

       The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (CCD) was used to make
daily dark calibration updates.  These daily darks are intended to identify
hot pixels for update to the acquisition on-board FSW hot pixel table.
Daily hot pixel lists can also be used for science data analysis.  The
observations were completed as planned, and no anomalies were reported.

   1.3 Completed NIC/1/2/3 7902 (Photometric Monitoring, Photometric
Monitoring-II)

       The Near Infrared Camera (Cameras One, Two and Three) was used to
make observations of absolute standard, solar analog star P177D-Cal as part
of a photometric monitoring program.  Observations were made at several
different wavelengths spanning the NICMOS wavelength range in each camera
NIC/1, NIC/2, and NIC/3 to monitor the photometric stability of the NICMOS
cameras as a function of wavelength.  The observations were executed as
scheduled, and no anomalies were noted.

   1.4 Completed Three Sets of WF/PC-2 7620 (WF/PC-2 Cycle 7 Standard Darks)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make a series of Cycle 7 standard dark
calibration images.  This dark calibration program obtains dark frames
every week in order to provide data for the ongoing calibration of the CCD
dark current rate, and to monitor and characterize the evolution of hot
pixels.  The observations were executed as scheduled, and no anomalies were
noted.

   1.5 Completed WF/PC-2 6640 (A Stellar Population Survey of the Nuclear
Region of M-33)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations of a stellar population
(NGC-598) which is located in galaxy M-33.  Analysis of archival HST images
of the nuclear region of M-33 reveal that the old, red stars are more
centrally concentrated to the nucleus than the young star forming disk.
The observation were executed as planned, and no anomalies were reported.

   1.6 Completed Six Sets of NIC/2/3 7907 (NICMOS Pure Parallel Winter 97-98)

       The Near Infrared Camera (Cameras Two and Three) was used to make
pure parallel spectrographic observations of sky regions when another
instrument is prime.  The observations were completed as planned, and no
anomalies were reported.

   1.7 Completed Five Sets of STIS/CCD 7908 (POMS Test Proposal: STIS
Non-Scripted Parallel Proposal)

       The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (CCD) was used to make
calibration observations as part of the POMS Test Proposal.  This was a
STIS non-scripted parallel proposal.  The observations were completed as
planned, and no problems were reported.

   1.8 Completed WF/PC-2 7387 (T-Tauri Star Snapshot Survey)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations of the star IP-Tau as part
of a T-Tauri class star survey.  The observations were executed as
scheduled, and no anomalies were noted.

   1.9 Completed STIS/CCD 7398 (White Dwarf Stars in Visual Binaries:
Testing Stellar Degeneracy)

       The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (CCD) was used to make
observations of the white dwarf star the visual binary system Apha-Cmi.
White dwarfs, the final evolutionary endpoints for most stars, are
important to our understanding of stellar evolution and to our testing of
critical aspects of fundamental physics.  A wavelength calibration image
was also taken.  The observations were executed as scheduled, and no
anomalies were noted.

   1.10 Completed Two Sets of WF/PC-2 7909 (POMS Test Proposal: WF II
Parallel Archive Proposal)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make parallel observations as part of the
POMS test proposal.  This test proposal is designed to simulate scientific
plans.  The observations were completed as planned, and no problems were
reported.

   1.11 Completed 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.

   1.12 Completed STIS//MA1/MA2 7604 (Cycle 7 MAMA Dark Measurements)

       The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (MA1 and MA2) was used to
make MAMA dark measurements.  These darks will be used in later image
reductions and also trended over the instrument's life time as an indicator
of the detector's degradation or damage.  The observations were completed
as scheduled, and no problems were reported.

   1.13 Completed NIC/1 7821 (SINS: The Supernova Intensive Study - Cycle
7+: Scarlet SINS)

       The Near Infrared Camera (Camera One) was used to make observations
of the super nova LMC-SN1987 which is located in the Large Magellanic
Cloud.  Supernovae create the chemical history of the Universe, energize
the interstellar gas, and stand at the center of efforts to understand the
extragalactic distance scale.  The observations were completed as
scheduled, and no problems were noted.

   1.14 Completed WF/PC-2 7384 (Probing the Fine-Scale Structure and Colors
of Interstellar "Cirrus" Clouds)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations of the nebula NEB-235125
in order to probe the fine-scale structure and colors of interstellar
"cirrus" clouds.  The ubiquitous nature of Galactic "cirrus" clouds make
them both: {1} accessible targets for the study of the properties of
interstellar dust grains, and {2} sources of confusion in investigations of
distant objects {e.g. galaxies, clusters of galaxies} at low surface
brightness levels.  The observations were completed as planned, and no
problems were reported.

   1.15 Completed NIC/1/2 7864 (The Host Galaxies of Radio-Quiet High-
Redshift Quasars)

       The Near Infrared Camera (Cameras One and Two) was used to make
observations of the radio-quite, high red shifted quasar MZZ4935 and its
host galaxy.  The underlying causes of the rapid cosmological evolution of
the quasar population are a mystery around which are woven many different
strands of contemporary cosmology.  The observations were executed as
scheduled, and no anomalies were noted.

2.0 FLIGHT OPERATIONS SUMMARY:

   2.1 Guide Star Acquisitions:

                            Scheduled Acquisitions : 5
                                        Successful : 5

                          Scheduled Reacquisitions : 9
                                        Successful : 9

   2.2 FHST Updates:

                              Scheduled : 11
                             Successful : 11

   2.3 Operations Notes:

       At 040/2256Z, A STIS patch was uplinked that changed the size of X
and Y slews, and numbers in the STIS bad pixel table.

       Flight operations personnel began operating in the SAMS backup
facility at approximately 040/2300Z and will remain there while maintenance
is performed in the STOCC area today.

3.0 SIGNIFICANT FORTHCOMING EVENTS:

       Continuation of normal science observations and calibrations.

/DMH