Introduction to Reducing HST Data

Table of Contents

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Preface

Chapter 1: Getting HST Data

1.1 Archive Overview

1.1.1 Archive Registration

1.1.2 Archive Documentation and Help

1.2 Getting Data with StarView

1.2.1 Downloading and Setting Up StarView

1.2.2 Simple Use of StarView

1.2.3 Marking and Retrieving Data with StarView

1.2.4 Using StarView to Retrieve Calibration Files and Proposal Information

1.2.5 Advanced Features of StarView

1.2.6 StarView and the Visual Target Tuner

1.2.7 Quick Data Retrieval with StarView

1.3 Getting Data With the World Wide Web

1.4 Reading HST Data Tapes and Disks

Chapter 2: HST File Formats

2.1 Historical Perspective

2.2 FITS File Format

2.2.1 Working with FITS Image Extensions

2.2.2 Working with FITS Table Extensions

2.3 GEIS File Format

2.3.1 Converting FITS to GEIS

2.3.2 GEIS Data Groups

2.3.3 Working with GEIS Files

2.3.4 The "waiver" FITS format

Chapter 3: STSDAS Basics

3.1 Navigating STSDAS

3.1.1 STSDAS Structure

3.1.2 Packages of General Interest

3.2 Displaying HST Images

3.2.1 The display Task

3.2.2 Working with Image Sections

3.3 Analyzing HST Images

3.3.1 Basic Astrometry

3.3.2 Examining and Manipulating Image Data

3.3.3 Working with STIS, ACS, and NICMOS Imsets

3.3.4 Photometry

3.4 Displaying HST Spectra

3.4.1 FOS and GHRS Spectra

3.4.2 STIS Spectra

3.4.3 Producing Hardcopy

3.5 Analyzing HST Spectra

3.5.1 Preparing FOS and GHRS Data

3.5.2 Preparing STIS Spectra for Analysis

3.5.3 General Tasks for Spectra

3.5.4 STSDAS fitting Package

3.5.5 specfit

3.6 References

3.6.1 Available from STScI

3.6.2 Available from NOAO

3.6.3 Other References Cited in This Chapter

Appendix A: IRAF Primer

A.1 Initiating IRAF

A.2 IRAF Basics

A.3 Getting IRAF and STSDAS

Appendix B: HST File Names

B.1 Rootnames

B.2 Suffixes of Files Common to all Instruments

B.3 Associations

Appendix C: Observation Logs

C.1 Observation Log Files

C.2 Retrieving Observation Logs

C.3 Using Observation Logs

Index

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