HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       # 4541 PERIOD COVERED: UT February 05, 2007 (DOY 036) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED ACS/SBC 10862 Comprehensive Auroral Imaging of Jupiter and Saturn during the International Heliophysical Year A comprehensive set of observations of the auroral emissions from Jupiter and Saturn is proposed for the International Heliophysical Year in 2007, a unique period of especially concentrated measurements of space ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT      # 4540 PERIOD COVERED: UT February 04, 2007 (DOY 035) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED ACS/SBC 10862 Comprehensive Auroral Imaging of Jupiter and Saturn during the International Heliophysical Year A comprehensive set of observations of the auroral emissions from Jupiter and Saturn is proposed for the International Heliophysical Year in 2007, a unique period of especially concentrated measurements of space physic ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       # 4539 PERIOD COVERED: UT January 32,33,34, 2008 (DOY 032,033,034) 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      # 4538 PERIOD COVERED: UT January 31, 2008 (DOY 031) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED FGS 11078 HST/FGS 1-Gyro On-Orbit Checkout This proposal uses an FGS as an astrometer to observe bright stars (V<12) in Position mode, with the two other FGSs operating as guiders. The data obtained by the astrometer will be used to "witness" the pointing performance of the Observatory in FineLock under 1-gyro oper ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT        # 4537 PERIOD COVERED: UT January 30, 2008 (DOY 030) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED FGS 11078 HST/FGS 1-Gyro On-Orbit Checkout This proposal uses an FGS as an astrometer to observe bright stars (V<12) in Position mode, with the two other FGSs operating as guiders. The data obtained by the astrometer will be used to "witness" the pointing performance of the Observatory in FineLock under ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT      # 4536 PERIOD COVERED: UT January 29, 2008 (DOY 029) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED FGS 11078 HST/FGS 1-Gyro On-Orbit Checkout This proposal uses an FGS as an astrometer to observe bright stars (V<12) in Position mode, with the two other FGSs operating as guiders. The data obtained by the astrometer will be used to "witness" the pointing performance of the Observatory in FineLock under 1-gyro oper ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT      # 4535 PERIOD COVERED: UT January 28, 2008 (DOY 028) 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 ...Continue Reading

*OGS KSP OOT Status Mtg, starts at 8:30-9am, B3/S107A * ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT      # 4534 PERIOD COVERED: UT January 25,26,27, 2007 (DOY 025,026,027) 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 ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       # 4533 PERIOD COVERED: UT January 24, 2007 (DOY 024) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED FGS 11211 An Astrometric Calibration of Population II Distance Indicators In 2002 HST produced a highly precise parallax for RR Lyrae. That measurement resulted in an absolute magnitude, M{V}= 0.61+/-0.11, a useful result, judged by the over ten refereed citations each year since. It is, however, unsatisfactory to have the ...Continue Reading