HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       #4771 PERIOD COVERED: 5am January 13 - 5am January 14, 2009 (DOY 013/1000z-014/1000z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED WFPC2 11130 AGNs with Intermediate-mass Black Holes: Testing the Black Hole-Bulge Paradigm, Part II The recent progress in the study of central black holes in galactic nuclei has led to a general consensus that supermassive {10^6-10^9 solar mass} black holes are closely connected with the forma ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       #4770 PERIOD COVERED: 5am January 12 - 5am January 13, 2009 (DOY 012/1000z-013/1000z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED NIC3 11236 Did Rare, Large Escape-Fraction Galaxies Reionize the Universe? Lyman continuum photons produced in massive starbursts may have played a dominant role in the reionization of the Universe. Starbursts are important contributors to the ionizing metagalactic background at lower redshifts ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       #4769 PERIOD COVERED: 5am January 9 - 5am January 12, 2009 (DOY         009/1000z-012/1000z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED WFPC2 11967 WFPC2 Imaging of the Lockman Hole In order to understand galaxy evolution and constrain theoretical models, we require both multiwavelength photometry (to robustly determine physical parameters such as star formation rates and stellar masses) ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       #4768 PERIOD COVERED: 5am January 8 - 5am January 9, 2009 (DOY 008/1000z-009/1000z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED WFPC2 11966 The Recent Star Formation History of SINGS Galaxies The Spitzer Legacy project SINGS provided a unique view of the current state of star formation and dust in a sample of galaxies of all Hubble types. This multi-wavelength view allowed the team to create current star formation diagnos ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       #4767 PERIOD COVERED: 5am January 7 - 5am January 8, 2009 (DOY         007/1000z-008/1000z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED WFPC2 11612 Eta Carinae's Continuing Instability and Recovery - the 2009 Event Eta Carinae is the only really observable example of structural recovery from a massive giant eruption, a "supernova imposter' event. Moreover it is the only well-observed star ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       #4766 PERIOD COVERED: 5am January 6 - 5am January 7, 2009 (DOY 006/1000z-007/1000z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED FGS 11789 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, ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       #4765 PERIOD COVERED: 5am January 5 - 5am January 6, 2009 (DOY 005/1000z-006/1000z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED FGS 11704 The Ages of Globular Clusters and the Population II Distance Scale Globular clusters are the oldest objects in the universe whose age can be accurately determined. The dominant error in globular cluster age determinations is the uncertain Population II distance scale. We propose to use ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT      #4764 PERIOD COVERED: 5am January 2 - 5am January 5, 2009 (DOY  002/1000z-005/1000z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED WFPC2 11966 The Recent Star Formation History of SINGS Galaxies The Spitzer Legacy project SINGS provided a unique view of the current state of star formation and dust in a sample of galaxies of all Hubble types. This multi-wavelength view allowed the team to create current star formation diagnos ...Continue Reading

The HST Daily Report will not be issued from 12/25/08 to 1/04/09, inclusive. It will resume on Monday, January 5, 2009. The HST science proposals that will execute during this hiatus are listed at the end of this Daily Report. HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT       #4763 PERIOD COVERED: 5am December 23 - 5am December 24, 2008 (DOY 358/1000z-359/1000z) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED FGS 11945 Asteroseismology of Extrasolar Planet Host Stars Detect ...Continue Reading

The HST Daily Report will not be issued from 12/25/08 to 1/04/09, inclusive. It will resume on Monday, January 5, 2009. The HST science proposals that will execute during this hiatus will be listed at the end of the Daily Report for 12/24. HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT      #4762 PERIOD COVERED: 5am December 22 - 5am December 23, 2008 (DOY        ...Continue Reading