HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to Collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       #4957 PERIOD COVERED: 5am October 22 - 5am October 23, 2009 (DOY295/09:00z-296/09:00z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED FGS 11788 The Architecture of Exoplanetary Systems Are all planetary systems coplanar? Concordance cosmogony makes that prediction. It is, however, a prediction of extrasolar planetary system architecture as yet untested by direct observation for main sequence stars other than the Sun. To ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to Collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT      #4956 PERIOD COVERED: 5am October 21 - 5am October 22, 2009 (DOY294/09:00z-295/09:00z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED ACS/WFC3 11879 CCD Daily Monitor (Part 1) This program comprises basic tests for measuring the read noise and dark current of the ACS WFC and for tracking the growth of hot pixels. The recorded frames are used to create bias and dark reference images for science data reduction and calibration. ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to Collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT      #4955 PERIOD COVERED: 5am October 20 - 5am October 21, 2009 (DOY293/09:00z-294/09:00z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED FGS 11785 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 candle ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to Collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       #4954 PERIOD COVERED: 5am October 19 - 5am October 20, 2009 (DOY292/09:00z-293/09:00z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED ACS/WFC3 11879 CCD Daily Monitor (Part 1) This program comprises basic tests for measuring the read noise and dark current of the ACS WFC and for tracking the growth of hot pixels. The recorded frames are used to create bias and dark reference images for science data reduction and calibra ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to Collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT      #4953 PERIOD COVERED: 5am October 16 - 5am October 19, 2009 (DOY 289/09:00z-292/09:00z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED NIC1/NIC2/NIC3 8795 NICMOS Post-SAA Calibration - CR Persistence Part 6 This is 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 ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to Collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT      #4952 PERIOD COVERED: 5am October 15 - 5am October 16, 2009 (DOY 288/09:00z-289/09:00z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED ACS/WFC 11840 Identifying the Host Galaxies for Optically Dark Gamma-ray Bursts We propose to use the high spatial resolution of Chandra to obtain precise positions for a sample of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) with no optical afterglows, where the optical light is suppressed relative to the X-ray f ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to Collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT      #4951 PERIOD COVERED: 5am October 14 - 5am October 15, 2009 (DOY 287/09:00z-288/09:00z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED ACS/WFC3 11879 CCD Daily Monitor (Part 1) This program comprises basic tests for measuring the read noise and dark current of the ACS WFC and for tracking the growth of hot pixels. The recorded frames are used to create bias and dark reference images for science data reduction and calibration. ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to Collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       #4950 PERIOD COVERED: 5am October 13 - 5am October 14, 2009 (DOY 286/09:00z 287/09:00z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED NIC1/NIC2/NIC3 11947 Extended Dark Monitoring This program takes a series of darks to obtain darks (including amplifier glow, dark current, and shading profiles) for all three cameras in the read-out sequences used in Cycle 17. A set of 12 orbits will be observed every two months for a t ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to Collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT      #4949 PERIOD COVERED: 5am October 9 - 5am October 13, 2009 (DOY 282/09:00z-286/09:00z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED NIC1/NIC2/NIC3 8795 NICMOS Post-SAA Calibration - CR Persistence Part 6 This is 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 o ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to Collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       #4948 PERIOD COVERED: 5am October 8 - 5am October 9, 2009 (DOY 281/09:00z-282/09:00z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED NIC 11408 NICMOS Focus and PAM Grid Tilt Tests The purpose of this proposal is determine the PAM settings corresponding to best focus for NIC1 and NIC2. A test will aslo be done on NIC3 in order to establish that the nominal PAM position of -9.5mm relative to mechanical zero results in an ...Continue Reading