HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       # 4571 PERIOD COVERED: UT March 19, 2008 (DOY 079) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED WFPC2 10905 The Dynamic State of the Dwarf Galaxy Rich Canes Venatici I Region With accurate distances, the nearest groups of galaxies can be resolved in 3 dimensions and the radial component of the motions of galaxies due to local density perturbations can be distinguished from cosmological expansion components. Currently, ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT      # 4570 PERIOD COVERED: UT March 18, 2008 (DOY 078) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED FGS 11295 Trigonometric Calibration of the Distance Scale for Classical Novae The distance scale for classical novae is important for understanding the stellar physics of their thermonuclear runaways, their contribution to Galactic nucleosynthesis, and their use as extragalactic standard candles. Although it is known that there is ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       # 4569 PERIOD COVERED: UT March 17, 2008 (DOY 077) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED WFPC2 11024 WFPC2 CYCLE 15 INTERNAL MONITOR This calibration proposal is the Cycle 15 routine internal monitor for WFPC2, to be run weekly to monitor the health of the cameras. A variety of internal exposures are obtained in order to provide a monitor of the integrity of the CCD camera electronics in both bays {both gain 7 a ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       # 4568 PERIOD COVERED: UT March 14,15,16, 2008 (DOY 074,075,076) 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 of the SAA. ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT      # 4567 PERIOD COVERED: UT March 13, 2008 (DOY 073) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED ACS/SBC 11151 Evaluating the Role of Photoevaporation of Protoplanetary Disk Dispersal Emission produced by accretion onto the central star leads to photoevaporation, which may play a fundamental role in disk dispersal. Models of disk photoevaporation by the central star are challenged by two potential problems: the emission produc ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       # 4566 PERIOD COVERED: UT March 12, 2008 (DOY 072) 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 of the SAA. The darks will ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       # 4565 PERIOD COVERED: UT March 11, 2008 (DOY 071) 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 detection. Here we propose to ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT      # 4564 PERIOD COVERED: UT March 10, 2008 (DOY 070) 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 of the SAA. The darks will be ob ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       # 4563 PERIOD COVERED: UT March 07,08,09, 2008 (DOY 067,068,069) 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 of the SAA. ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       # 4562 PERIOD COVERED: UT March 06, 2008 (DOY 066) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED ACS/SBC 11050 ACS UV contamination monitor The observations consist of imaging and spectroscopy with SBC of the cluster NGC 6681 in order to monitor the temporal evolution of the UV sensitivity of the SBC. NIC1/NIC2/NIC3 8795 NICMOS Post-SAA calibration - CR Persistence Part 6 A new procedure proposed to alleviate the CR-p ...Continue Reading