COS SMOV Morning Update 7 August 2009 This presentation contains material that is embargoed until after the SM4 ERO press conference. Images/spectra of external (astronomical) objects may not be altered, distributed, reproduced, published, displayed, or used in any other way without the consent of the STScI Director or the HST Project. 1 Agenda • • • • • Recent Activity SMOV Program Status Recent Results and Analysis Upcoming Ops Requests Upcoming COS SMOV Timeline 2 Recent Activity • Tues 4 August (Day 216): – ERO – 11475 visit 04 (NUV Internal Wavecal Final Verification) • Wed 5 August (Day 217): – 11474 visit 70 (NUV External Wavecal Final Verification) – 11475 visits 01, 02 (NUV Internal Wavecal Final Verification) • Thurs 6 August (Day 218): – 11492 visit 71 (FUV Lowered HV Test) – 11488 visit 01 (FUV Internal Wavecal Final Verification) • Fri 7 August (Day 219): – 11488 visits 02, 03 (FUV Internal Wavecal Final Verification) 3 COS SMOV Status Activity COS02 COS03 COS04 COS05 COS06 COS07 COS08 COS09 COS10 COS10/COS27 COS11 COS12 COS13 COS14 COS15 COS16 COS17 COS18 COS19 COS20 COS21 COS23 COS24 COS25 COS26 COS27 COS28 COS29 COS30 COS31 COS32 COS33 COS34 COS35 COS36 PropID 11353 11354 11355 11466 11467 11355, v5 11468 11469 11470 11496 11471 11472 11473 11474 11475 11476 11477 11478 11479 11480 11481 11356 11482 11483 11484 11485 11486 11487 11488 11489 11490 11491 11492 11493 11494 Title Memory Check Science Data Buffer Check NUV Initial On-Orbit Turn-On NUV Darks NUV Functional Test NUV Fold Test COS to FGS Alignment NUV Optics Alignment and Focus NUV Internal Wavelength Lamp2/GET NUV Imaging Target Acquisition NUV Dispersed Light TA NUV Imaging Performance NUV Int/Ext Wavelength Scales NUV Internal Wavelength Verf. NUV Spectroscopic Performance I NUV Spectroscopic Performance II NUV Flats NUV Sensitivity NUV Struc. & Thermal Stability NUV High S/N Verification FUV Initial On-Orbit Turn-On FUV Darks FUV Functional Test FUV Optics Alignment and Focus FUV Internal Wavelength Scale FUV Dispersed Light TA FUV Int/Ext Wavelength Scales FUV Internal Wavelength Verf. FUV Spectroscopic Performance I FUV Spectroscopic Performance II FUV Ext Flats FUV Sensitivity FUV Struc. & Thermal Stability FUV High S/N Verification PI Welty Welty Welty Sahnow Sahnow Welty Hartig Hartig Keyes Keyes Soderblom Soderblom Goodfrooij Keyes Keyes Ghavamian Ghavamian Ake Massa Smith Sahnow Welty Sahnow Sahnow Hartig Keyes Soderblom Keyes Keyes Friedman Ghavamian Sahnow Keyes Smith Sahnow Visits Done 1 14 9 17 1 6 14 4 3 1 0 0 6 3 0 0 36 1 0 0 13 18 1 6 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 163 Total Visits 1 14 9 20 1 N/A 6 14 4 3 8 4 4 7 4 3 3 36 5 3 2 13 20 1 6 1 5 6 3 3 2 2 7 2 2 224 Status Done Done Done Analysis Done Done Done Done Done Done Analysis Analysis Analysis Analysis Analysis Analysis Done Analysis Done Done Analysis Analysis Analysis Analysis Analysis ` Analysis 73% 4 1149271 FUV HVNom Modification Test • • • • • Lowered HVNom by 140/125 volts Modal gain dropped to prelaunch values Very small effective area decrease No sign of the divot and clod Expect to recommend permanent change to the voltage 5 Embargoed figure - Do not distribute 11492 visits 01 and 71 FUV Comparison 6 11478 NUV Flat Fields • First 36 visits completed last week – 36 more visits in proposal as contingency • Analysis shows that on-orbit flat (300 counts/pixel) is consistent with the ground flat (12,000 counts/pixel), so no further visits are needed • Upcoming High S/N observations will be used for verification 7 Embargoed figure - Do not distribute Ground vs. On-Orbit NUV Flats 8 Embargoed figure - Do not distribute NUV Flat Ratio 9 Embargoed figure - Do not distribute NUV Detector Blemishes 10 Embargoed figure - Do not distribute NUV S/N Plot 11 Upcoming Ops Requests • TBD – May change FUV HVNom values 12 Upcoming COS SMOV Timeline • NUV Internal Wavecal Final Verification – 1147503 220:09:47:50 - 220:19:47:50 • Combined Multi-SI light-leak testing – 1151501 219:16:15:12 - 219:17:46:33 – 1151502 219:17:46:33 - 219:19:23:05 • Special FUV Internal Flat – “Divot/Clod Test” – 11488FF 220:20:01:40 - 221:02:53:55 • FUV Target Acq Performance Verification – 1148602 222:09:54:46 - 222:15:31:25 • ERO – 1150301 • NUV Dispersed light Target Acq Performance Verification – 1147204 223:20:53:05 - 223:23:24:52 • NUV Spectroscopic Performance Part I – 1147601 224:01:03:50 - 224:11:12:08 13