HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT      #4776 PERIOD COVERED: 5am January 22 - 5am January 23, 2009 (DOY 022/1000z-023/1000z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED FGS 11963 FGS1r AMA Re-Optimization This proposal re-optimizes FGS1r interferometric performance (S-curves) by adjustment of the instrument's AMA. This will improve the FGS1r angular resolution in Transfer Mode while improving the reliability of Position Mode observations. Observations of close binar ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       #4775 PERIOD COVERED: 5am January 21 - 5am January 22, 2009 (DOY         021/1000z-022/1000z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED WFPC2 10877 A Snapshot Survey of the Sites of Recent, Nearby Supernovae During the past few years, robotic {or nearly robotic} searches for supernovae {SNe}, most notably our Lick Observatory Supernova Search {LOSS}, have found hundreds of SNe, many of ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT      #4774 PERIOD COVERED: 5am January 16 - 5am January 21, 2009 (DOY         016/1000z-021/1000z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED WFPC2 11968 The Light Echoes Around V838 Monocerotis: Cycle 16 DD This is a DD program in which we propose to obtain WFPC2 imaging of the light echo around V838 Mon in late 2008 or early 2009. We were awarded Cycle 17 time to image the echo with ACS at 2 epoc ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT      #4773 PERIOD COVERED: 5am January 15 - 5am January 16, 2009 (DOY 015/1000z-016/1000z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED ASC/SBC 11236 Did Rare, Large Escape-Fraction Galaxies Reionize the Universe? Lyman continuum photons produced in massive starbursts may have played a dominant role in the reionization of the Universe. Starbursts are important contributors to the ionizing metagalactic background at lower redshifts as ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT      #4772 PERIOD COVERED: 5am January 14 - 5am January 15, 2009 (DOY        014/1000z-015/1000z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED ACS/SBC 11236 Did Rare, Large Escape-Fraction Galaxies Reionize the Universe? Lyman continuum photons produced in massive starbursts may have played a dominant role in the reionization of the Universe. Starbursts are important contributors to the ionizing metagalac ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       #4771 PERIOD COVERED: 5am January 13 - 5am January 14, 2009 (DOY 013/1000z-014/1000z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED WFPC2 11130 AGNs with Intermediate-mass Black Holes: Testing the Black Hole-Bulge Paradigm, Part II The recent progress in the study of central black holes in galactic nuclei has led to a general consensus that supermassive {10^6-10^9 solar mass} black holes are closely connected with the forma ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       #4770 PERIOD COVERED: 5am January 12 - 5am January 13, 2009 (DOY 012/1000z-013/1000z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED NIC3 11236 Did Rare, Large Escape-Fraction Galaxies Reionize the Universe? Lyman continuum photons produced in massive starbursts may have played a dominant role in the reionization of the Universe. Starbursts are important contributors to the ionizing metagalactic background at lower redshifts ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       #4769 PERIOD COVERED: 5am January 9 - 5am January 12, 2009 (DOY         009/1000z-012/1000z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED WFPC2 11967 WFPC2 Imaging of the Lockman Hole In order to understand galaxy evolution and constrain theoretical models, we require both multiwavelength photometry (to robustly determine physical parameters such as star formation rates and stellar masses) ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       #4768 PERIOD COVERED: 5am January 8 - 5am January 9, 2009 (DOY 008/1000z-009/1000z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED WFPC2 11966 The Recent Star Formation History of SINGS Galaxies The Spitzer Legacy project SINGS provided a unique view of the current state of star formation and dust in a sample of galaxies of all Hubble types. This multi-wavelength view allowed the team to create current star formation diagnos ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       #4767 PERIOD COVERED: 5am January 7 - 5am January 8, 2009 (DOY         007/1000z-008/1000z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED WFPC2 11612 Eta Carinae's Continuing Instability and Recovery - the 2009 Event Eta Carinae is the only really observable example of structural recovery from a massive giant eruption, a "supernova imposter' event. Moreover it is the only well-observed star ...Continue Reading