HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT # 4105 PERIOD COVERED: UT May 02, 2006 (DOY 122) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED ACS/HRC 10738 Earth Flats Sky flats will be obtained by observing the bright Earth with the HRC and WFC. These observations will be used to verify the accuracy of the flats currently in the pipeline and to monitor any changes. Weekly coronagraphic monitoring is required to assess the changing position of the spots. ACS/HRC/WFC 10514 Kuiper Belt Binaries: P ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT # 4104 PERIOD COVERED: UT May 01, 2006 (DOY 121) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED ACS/HRC/WFC 10487 A Search for Debris Disks in the Coeval Beta Pictoris Moving Group Resolved observations of debris disks present us with the opportunity of studying planetary evolution in other solar systems. We propose to search for debris disks in the Beta Pictoris moving group {8-20 Myrs, 10-50 pc away} , which provides a coeval sample of multiple spec ...Continue Reading

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - Continuing to collect World Class Science DAILY REPORT # 4103 PERIOD COVERED: UT April 28,29,30, 2006 (DOY 118,119,120) OBSERVATIONS SCHEDULED NICMOS 8791 NICMOS Post-SAA calibration - CR Persistence Part 2 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 obtained in parallel ...Continue Reading