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HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE DAILY REPORT #2041 PERIOD COVERED: 0000Z (UTC) 01/15/98 - 0000Z (UTC) 01/16/98 Daily Status Report as of 016/0000Z 1.0 ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED AND ACCOMPLISHED: 1.1 Completed STIS/CCD 7802 (Daily Darks to Update Acquisition Bad Pixel Table) The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (CCD) was used to make calibration observations to obtain daily darks to update the acquisition bad pixel table. ... The observations were executed as scheduled, and no anomalies were noted. ...

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