HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       #4672 PERIOD COVERED: 5am August 11 - 5am August 12, 2008 (DOY 224/0900z-225/0900z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED NIC1 11117 The Search for Atmospheric Water in the Transiting Planet HD189733b We propose to use the NICMOS camera to search for transit NIR signatures of atmospheric water in HD189733b. While water absorption bands exist in the optical and IR, space-based NIR signatures are uniquely position ...Continue Reading

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HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       #4671 PERIOD COVERED: 5am August 8 - 5am August 11, 2008 (DOY 221/0900z-224/0900z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED NIC1/NIC2/NIC3 8795 NICMOS Post-SAA Calibration - CR Persistence Part 6 A new procedure proposed to alleviate the CR-persistence problem of NICMOS. Dark frames will be obtained immediately upon exiting the SAA contour 23, and every time a NICMOS exposure is scheduled within 50 minutes of comin ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT      #4670 PERIOD COVERED: 5am August 7 - 5am August 8, 2008 (DOY 220/0900z-221/0900z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED FGS 11212 Filling the Period Gap for Massive Binaries The current census of binaries among the massive O-type stars is seriously incomplete for systems in the period range from years to millennia because the radial velocity variations are too small and the angular separations too close for easy dete ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT      #4669 PERIOD COVERED: 5am August 6 - 5am August 7, 2008 (DOY 219/0900z-220/0900z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED FGS 11213 Distances to Eclipsing M Dwarf Binaries We propose HST FGS observations to measure accurate distances of 5 nearby M dwarf eclipsing binary systems, from which model-independent luminosities can be calculated. These objects have either poor or no existing parallax measurements. FGS parallax ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT      #4668 PERIOD COVERED: 5am August 5 - 5am August 6, 2008 (DOY 218/0900z-219/0900z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED NIC1/NIC2/NIC3 8795 NICMOS Post-SAA Calibration - CR Persistence Part 6 A new procedure proposed to alleviate the CR-persistence problem of NICMOS. Dark frames will be obtained immediately upon exiting the SAA contour 23, and every time a NICMOS exposure is scheduled within 50 minutes of coming out ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       #4667 PERIOD COVERED: 5am August 4 - 5am August 5, 2008 (DOY 217/0900z-218/0900z) 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 them in quite nearby galaxies {cz < 40 ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       #4666 PERIOD COVERED: 5am August 1 - 5am August 4, 2008 (DOY 214/0900z-217/0900z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED NIC1/NIC2/NIC3 8795 NICMOS Post-SAA Calibration - CR Persistence Part 6 A new procedure proposed to alleviate the CR-persistence problem of NICMOS. Dark frames will be obtained immediately upon exiting the SAA contour 23, and every time a NICMOS exposure is scheduled within 50 minutes of coming ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT      #4665 PERIOD COVERED: 5am July 31 - 5am August 01, 2008 (DOY 213/0900z-214/0900z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED NIC1/NIC2/NIC3 8795 NICMOS Post-SAA Calibration - CR Persistence Part 6 A new procedure proposed to alleviate the CR-persistence problem of NICMOS. Dark frames will be obtained immediately upon exiting the SAA contour 23, and every time a NICMOS exposure is scheduled within 50 minutes of coming out ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science   DAILY REPORT #4662   PERIOD COVERED: 5am July 28 - 5am July 29, 2008 (DOY 210/0900z-211/0900z)   OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED   NIC1/NIC2 11172   Defining Classes of Long Period Variable Stars in M31   We propose a thrifty but information-packed investigation {1440 exposures total} with NICMOS F205W, F160W and F110W providing crucial information about Long Period Variables in M31, at a level of detail that has recently al ...Continue Reading