HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

                       DAILY REPORT #2297

PERIOD COVERED:  0000Z (UTC) 01/28/99 - 0000Z (UTC) 01/29/99

Daily Status Report as of 029/0000Z

1.0 ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED AND ACCOMPLISHED:

   1.1 Completed WF/PC-2 7619 (WF/PC-2 Cycle 7 Decontamination)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to conduct a Cycle 7 decontamination procedure.
Ultraviolet-blocking contaminants were removed, and hot pixels cured, by
warming the CCDs to +20C for 6 hours.  A variety of internal images were
taken before and after the decontamination in order to verify its success
and to monitor the instrument health.  The procedures were conducted as
scheduled, and no problems were reported.

   1.2 Completed Three Sets of WF/PC-2 7713 (WF/P-2 Cycle 7 Supplemental
Darks pt3/3)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make supplemental dark calibration images.
This dark calibration program obtains three dark frames every day to
provide data for monitoring and characterizing the evolution of hot pixels.
The observations were completed as planned, and no anomalies were noted.

   1.3 Completed STIS/CCD 7948 (CCD Dark and Bias Monitor -- Cont. to Dec. 98)

       The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (CCD) was used to measure
CCD dark current and bias rates for the two supported amplifier settings
{GAIN=1 and GAIN=4} in order to gather data for making superdarks and
superbiases.  The data will be used to track the growth of hot pixels on
the CCD in general and within the various target acquisition apertures
specifically.  The observations were executed as scheduled, and no
anomalies were noted.

   1.4 Completed Two Sets of WF/PC-2 6659 (A Search For Superplanets Around
Weak T- Tauri Stars)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations in the 1 micron band of
the T-Tauri class star V826-Tau in order to search for superplanets.  Weak
T-Tauri class stars are thought to have dissipated their circumstellar
disks recently, possibly by forming planetary systems.  The observations
were completed as planned, and no anomalies were reported.

   1.5 Completed WF/PC-2 6967 (Blue Continuum Snapshots of 3CR Radio -
Continued Galaxies)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations of the radio galaxy
3C402.0.  Radio galaxies are an important class of extragalactic objects:
they represent one of the most energetic astrophysical phenomena and they
may be used as probes of their environments.  They are unique probes of the
early Universe.  The observations were completed as planned, and no
problems were reported.

   1.6 Completed Three Sets of STIS/CCD 8091 (POMS Test Proposal: STIS
Non-Scripted Parallel Proposal Continuation)

       The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (CCD) was used to make low
galactic latitude, non-scripted, parallel observations.  The observations
were completed as planned, and no anomalies were noted.

   1.7 Completed WF/PC-2 7622 (WF/PC-2 Cycle 7 Internal Monitor)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make a set of Cycle 7 internal monitoring
calibration measurements.  A variety of internal exposures are obtained in
order to provide a monitor of the integrity of the CCD camera electronics
in both bays {gain 7 and gain 15}, a test for quantum efficiency in the
CCDs, and a monitor for possible buildup of contaminants on the CCD
windows.  A bias calibration and an internal flat calibration image were
also taken.  The observations were executed as scheduled, and no anomalies
were noted.

   1.8 Completed STIS/CCD 7438 (Spatially-Resolved Spectroscopy of the UVX
in Elliptical Galaxies)

       The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (CCD) was used to make
spatially resolved far-ultraviolet observations of the large elliptical
galaxy NGC-3115.  The prominent far-UV upturn {UVX} in the spectra of
elliptical galaxies originates from stars in their old populations which
have evolved beyond the He-flash at the tip of the red giant branch.  A
wavelength calibration image was also taken.   The observations were
completed as scheduled, and no anomalies were reported.

   1.9 Completed 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.

   1.10 Completed STIS/MA2 7651 (STIS MAMA Dispersion Solution Check)

       The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (MAMA-2) was used to make
MAMA dispersion solution checks.  Wavelength dispersion solutions will be
determined on a yearly basis as part of a long-term monitoring program.
The observations were completed as scheduled, and no anomalies were
reported.

   1.11 Completed WF/PC-2 6583 (The Origin of the Alignment Effect: WF/PC-2
Imaging Polarimetry of High Redshift Radio Galaxies)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make imaging polarimetry observations of the
high redshifted galaxy 3C266.  These polarimetric observations are crucial
to the understanding of the spectacular morphologies recently discovered in
high redshift radio galaxies by HST, and to the investigation of
morphological and evolutionary links between radio galaxies and quasars.
The observation were completed as scheduled, and no anomalies were
reported.

   1.12 Completed STIS/CCD 8084 (POMS Test Proposal: STIS Non-Scripted
Parallel Proposal Continuation)

       The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (CCD) was used to make
non-scripted parallel high galactic latitude observations as part of POMS
test proposal.  The observations were executed as scheduled, and no
anomalies were noted.

   1.13 Completed Two Sets of WF/PC-2 6785 (Ionized Gas Disks in Nearby
Early Type Galaxies)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations of the nearby early type
galaxies NGC-2768 and NGC-2787 in order to study their ionized gas disk
surrounding their nuclei.  Finding such disks could lead to the possibility
of detecting the gravitational effects of the supermassive black holes they
orbit.  The observations were executed as scheduled, and no anomalies were
noted.

   1.14 Completed WF/PC-2 6633 (Cusps or Cores in Barred Bulges?)

       The WF/PC-2 was used to make observations of the SB class (Barred)
galaxy NGC-2685 in order to study its nuclear bulge region and cusps.  This
is a highly tri-axial, tumbling, low-mass stellar systems.  The
observations were completed as planned, and no problems were reported.

   1.15 Completed Four Sets of STIS/CCD 8080 (STIS Spectroscopic CCD
Flatfielding -- Revised)

       The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (CCD) was used to make CCD
flat fielding calibration observations in the spectroscopic mode.  The
observations were completed as planned, and no anomalies were reported.

2.0 FLIGHT OPERATIONS SUMMARY

   2.1 Guide Star Acquisitions:

                            Scheduled Acquisitions : 8
                                        Successful : 8

                          Scheduled Reacquisitions : 9
                                        Successful : 9

   2.2 FHST Updates:

                              Scheduled : 15
                             Successful : 15

   2.3 Operations Notes:

        Using ROP SR-1, the SSR EDAC error counter was cleared twice.

       A TTR was written for a Q-channel data drop caused by a TDE MAR
return I-channel re-configuration.  No data was lost.

       The NSSC-1 status buffer was dumped at 028/1154Z per ROP NS-3.

3.0 SIGNIFICANT FORTHCOMING EVENTS:

       The return to a four-gyro configuration (3,1,5,2) is scheduled for
029/2047Z.

       Continuation of normal science observations and calibrations.

/DMH