HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       #4858 PERIOD COVERED: 5am June 2 - 5am June 3, 2009 (DOY 153/0900z-154/0900z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED FGS 11458 Optimizing FGS2R2 Performance with the AMA Ths proposal satisfies SMOV4 AD OTA/FGSS-054. S-curves with PUPIL and F583W will be obtained at selected locations within the FGS2R2 FOV during SMOV4. These data will be will be used to adjust the AMA so as to align the HST pupil onto the interferome ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       #4857 PERIOD COVERED: 5am June 1 - 5am June 2, 2009 (DOY 152/0900z-153/0900z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED COS/NUV/S/C 11355 COS NUV Initial On-Orbit Turn-On and Recovery after Anomalous Shutdown This proposal is designed for the initial turn-on of the COS NUV MAMA detector. The same procedure may later be used to recover the detector after an anomalous shutdown. Anomalous shutdowns can occur as a resul ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       #4856 PERIOD COVERED: 5am May 29 - 5am June 1, 2009 (DOY 149/0900z-152/0900z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED ACS 11809 ACS CEB-R Optimization Iteration 1 During the early weeks of SMOV the ACS-R team will work to find the best parameters for CEB-R and the WFC CCD operations before continuing with the normal SMOV activities and eventually enable science operations. This optimization needs to be done in an iter ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT      #4854 PERIOD COVERED: 5am May 27 - 5am May 28, 2009 (DOY 147/0900z-148/0900z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED ACS/WFC 11367 CCD Hot Pixel Annealing Hot pixel annealing will be performed during SMOV4 before the CCDs are used for observations. The CCD TECswill be turned off and heaters will be activated to bring the detector temperatures to about +20C. This state will be held for approximately 12 hours, after whi ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science   DAILY REPORT      #4853   PERIOD COVERED: 5am May 26 - 5am May 27, 2009 (DOY 146/0900z-147/0900z)   OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED   ACS 11368   ACS CCD Temperature Set Point Determination   Purpose: Adjust the CCD temperature to nominal operating level. COS 11354   COS Science Data Buffer Check/Self-Tests for CS Buffer RAM and DIB RAM   The COS Science Buffer RAM is checked for bit fli ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT      #4852 PERIOD COVERED: 5am May 22 - 5am May 26, 2009 (DOY 142/0900z-146/0900z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED S/C/FGS 11457 Verify Guide Star Acquisition with Continuing FGSs After the shuttle deploys HST at the end of SM4 and at the beginning of SMOV4, it will be necessary to test and demonstrate HST's ability to acquire guide stars with the FGSs. This is a major pre-requisite for all observations by HST's SIs ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       #4849 PERIOD COVERED: 5am May 6 - 5am May 7, 2009 (DOY 126/0900z-127/0900z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED WFPC2 11972 Investigating the Early Solar System with Distant Comet Nuclei We propose 85 orbits of imaging observations with the WFPC2 to get nucleus size estimates for 8 well observed dynamically new and long-period comets at large distances from the sun when their activity levels are low. This will inc ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT      #4848 PERIOD COVERED: 5am May 5 - 5am May 6, 2009 (DOY 125/0900z-126/0900z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED S/C 4974 TRTTEST The Transient Response Test is for the periodic performance monitoring of the FGS 2R servo A mechanism. WFPC2 11327 Red Leaks The aim of this program is to measure the red leaks in the 8 WFPC2 UV??? filters (F122M, F300W, F255W, F218W, F185W, F170W, F160BW, F122M). We will use red crossing ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       #4847 PERIOD COVERED: 5am May 4 - 5am May 5, 2009 (DOY 124/0900z-125/0900z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED ACS/SBC 11980 Deep FUV Imaging of Cooling Flow Clusters We propose to take deep ACS FUV images of a carefully selected sample of 19 bright central galaxies in nearby galaxy clusters. This program is the last critical element of a comprehensive investigation of the impact of stellar and AGN feedback ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT      #4846 PERIOD COVERED: 5am May 01 - 5am May 04, 2009 (DOY 121/0900z-124/0900z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED WFPC2 11988 Searching for Intermediate Mass Black Holes in Globular Clusters via Proper Motions The unambiguous detection of an intermediate mas black hole (IMBH) in a globular star cluster would be a major achievement for the Hubble Space Telescope. It is critical to know whether or not IMBHs exist in the ...Continue Reading