HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT # 4295 PERIOD COVERED: UT February 07, 2007 (DOY 038) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED NIC2 10858 NICMOS Imaging of the z ~ 2 Spitzer Spectroscopic Sample of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies We propose to obtain NICMOS images of the first large sample of high-z ultra-luminous infrared galaxies {ULIRGs} whose redshifts and physical states have been determined with Spitzer mid-IR spectra. The detection of strong silicate absorption and/or P ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT # 4294 PERIOD COVERED: UT February 06, 2007 (DOY 037) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED WFPC2 10860 The largest Kuiper belt object The past year has seen an explosion in the discoveries of Pluto-sized objects in the Kuiper belt. With the discoveries of the methane-covered 2003 UB313 and 2005 FY9, the multiple satellite system of 2003 EL61, and the Pluto-Charon analog system of Orcus and its satellite, it is finally apparent that Pluto is ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT # 4293 PERIOD COVERED: UT February 05, 2007 (DOY 036) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED NIC2 10858 NICMOS Imaging of the z ~ 2 Spitzer Spectroscopic Sample of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies We propose to obtain NICMOS images of the first large sample of high-z ultra-luminous infrared galaxies {ULIRGs} whose redshifts and physical states have been determined with Spitzer mid-IR spectra. The detection of strong silicate absorption and/or P ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT # 4292 PERIOD COVERED: UT February 02,03,04, 2007 (DOY 033,034,035) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED WFPC2 11025 WFPC2 Cycle 15 CTE Monitor Monitor CTE changes during Cycle 15. Test for chip-to-chip differences in CTE. FGS 10927 The Weight-Watcher Program for Subdwarfs We propose to use HST/FGS1r to measure five subdwarf spectroscopic binaries to determine masses for the components. Their metallicities, [Fe/H], range from -0.5 to -2.5 ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT # 4291 PERIOD COVERED: UT February 01, 2007 (DOY 032) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED WFPC2 11025 WFPC2 Cycle 15 CTE Monitor Monitor CTE changes during Cycle 15. Test for chip-to-chip differences in CTE. FLIGHT OPERATIONS SUMMARY: Significant Spacecraft Anomalies: (The following are preliminary reports of potential non-nominal performance that will be investigated.) HSTARS: 10666 - MNCIINPR(NCS Circulator Inlet Pressure) Limit Violati ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT # 4290 PERIOD COVERED: UT January 31, 2007 (DOY 031) NO OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED FLIGHT OPERATIONS SUMMARY: Significant Spacecraft Anomalies: (The following are preliminary reports of potential non-nominal performance that will be investigated.) HSTARS: (None) COMPLETED OPS REQUEST: (None) COMPLETED OPS NOTES: (None) SIGNIFICANT EVENTS: The NICMOS Cryo-Cooler reached its control-point just before 5 am EST on January 31. The de ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT # 4289 PERIOD COVERED: UT January 30, 2007 (DOY 030) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED WFPC2 10822 CIII] Imagery of Planetary Nebulae We propose to image five planetary nebulae {PNe} with the F185W filter of WFPC2 in order to study the spatial distribution of the ultraviolet C III] 1909 Angstrom line relative to [O III] 5007 Angstrom and other optical lines. This program follows a Cycle 12 SNAP program {GO 9740} of WFPC2 F185W imaging of ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE DAILY REPORT     # 4288 PERIOD COVERED:  UT  January  29, 2007 (DOY 029) NO OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED FLIGHT OPERATIONS SUMMARY: Significant Spacecraft Anomalies: (The following are preliminary reports of potential non-nominal performance that will be investigated.) HSTARS: (None) COMPLETED OPS REQUEST: 18006-0 - Dump 8051 Min/Max & History Buffer 18002-2 - Enable Circulator 18003-2 - Enable Circulator 18004-1 - Compressor Ramp & Transition to PID ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT # 4286 PERIOD COVERED: UT January 25, 2007 (DOY 025) 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 physics phenomena throughout the ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT # 4285 PERIOD COVERED: UT January 24, 2007 (DOY 024) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED ACS/HRC 11041 ACS CCDs daily monitor This program consists of a set of basic tests to monitor, the read noise, the development of hot pixels and test for any source of noise in ACS CCD detectors. The files, biases and dark will be used to create reference files for science calibration. This programme will be for the entire lifetime of ACS. For cycle 15 ...Continue Reading