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16 May 2003

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

DAILY REPORT        # 3364

PERIOD COVERED: DOY 135

Part 3 of 3

STIS 9615

Cycle 11 MAMA Dark Monitor

This test performs the routine monitoring of the MAMA detector dark
noise. This proposal will provide the primary means of checking on
health of the MAMA detectors systems through frequent monitoring of
the background count rate. The purpose is to look for evidence of
change in dark indicative of detector problem developing.

NICMOS 9639

Photometric Stability

This NICMOS calibration proposal carries out photometric monitoring 
observations
during cycle 11.

ACS 9649

ACS internal CTE monitor

The charge transfer efficiency {CTE} of the ACS CCD detectors will
decline as damage due to on-orbit radiation exposure accumulates.
This degradation will be closely monitored at regular intervals,
because it is likely to determine the useful lifetime of the CCDs.
All the data for this program is acquired using internal targets
{lamps} only, so all of the exposures should be taken during Earth
occultation time {but not during SAA passages}. This program emulates
the ACS pre-flight ground calibration and post-launch SMOV testing
{program 8948}, so that results from each epoch can be directly
compared. Extended Pixel Edge Response {EPER} and First Pixel
Response {FPR} data will be obtained over a range of signal levels
for both the Wide Field Channel {WFC}, and the High Resolution
Channel {HRC}. 

ACS 9674

CCD Daily Monitor

This program consists of basic tests to monitor, the read noise, the 
development of hot pixels and test for any source of noise in ACS CCD
detectors. This programme will be executed once a day for the entire
lifetime of ACS. 

STIS 9688

Connecting the X-Ray and UV Ionized Absorbers in MRK 279

We propose a deep X-ray/UV spectroscopy campaign on the bright
Seyfert 1 galaxy MRK 279, using Chandra LETGS, HST/STIS, and FUSE.
Our main scientific goal is to study the AGN outflow seen as an
ionized absorber in this galaxy, focusing on the crucial connection
between the X-ray and UV manifestations of the outflows. We will map
the ionization and velocity structure, measure the elemental
abundances and then determine the mass and kinetic luminosity flux
of the outflow- all stepping stones for studying the importance of
outflows in the evolution of AGN and their host galaxies. In addition
we will use the LETGS data to determine the existence of relativistic
CNO emission lines in the spectrum. 

NICMOS 9702

NICMOS Parallel Thermal Background

NICMOS Camera 2 pure parallel exposures in the F222M and F237M
filters to establish the stability of the HST+NCS+Instrument thermal
emission. This data will be compared against the already available
Camera 3 measurements in F222M which show an increased thermal
background. 

STIS 9708

STIS Pure Parallel Imaging Program: Cycle 11

This is the default archival pure parallel program for STIS during
cycle 11.

WFPC2 9709

POMS Test Proposal: WFII parallel archive proposal

This is the generic target version of the WFPC2 Archival Pure
Parallel program. The program will be used to take parallel images of
random areas of the sky, following the recommendations of the 2002
Parallels Working Group. 

FLIGHT OPERATIONS SUMMARY:

Significant Spacecraft Anomalies: (The following are preliminary
reports of potential non-nominal performance that will be
investigated.) None 

COMPLETED OPS REQs: None


OPS NOTES EXECUTED: None

                  SCHEDULED     SUCCESSFUL    FAILURE TIMES
FGS GSacq             9              9
FGS REacq             8              8
FHST Update           17            17
LOSS of LOCK

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS: None

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