HST Data Handbook

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Revision History


Version	Date	Editors
7.0	January 2009	HST Introduction Editors: Brittany Shaw, Jessica Kim Quijano, & Mary Elizabeth Kaiser HST Introduction Technical Editors: Susan Rose & Jim Younger
6.0	January 2006	HST Introduction Editor: Diane Karakla HST Introduction Technical Editors: Susan Rose & Jim Younger.
5.0	July 2004	Diane Karakla and Jennifer Mack, Editors, HST Introduction. Susan Rose, Technical Editor, HST Introduction.
4.0	January 2002	Bahram Mobasher, Chief Editor, HST Data Handbook Michael Corbin, Jin-chung Hsu, Editors, HST Introduction
3.1	March 1998	Tony Keyes
3.0, Vol. II	October 1997	Tony Keyes
3.0, Vol. I	October 1997	Mark Voit
2.0	December 1995	Claus Leitherer
1.0	February 1994	Stefi Baum

Citation

In publications, refer to this document as:

Shaw, B., Kim Quijano, J., and Kaiser, M. E., 2009, "HST Data Handbook", Version 7.0, (Baltimore: STScI)

Contributors to Version 7.0:

This document is written and maintained by the Instruments Division of STScI.

The extent and quality of information presented in this Data Handbook would not have been possible without the contributions and support of the Data Systems Branch, Science Software Branch, Data Processing and Archive Services Branch, Archive Sciences Branch, and the Instruments Division. In particular the editors would like to acknowledge the contributions made to this version of the HST Introduction and Appendices by: F. Abney, S. Anderson, H. Bushouse, G. Cardona, D. Fraquelli, S. Gonzaga, P. Hodge, A. Holm, T. Kimball, J. Mack, J. Shultz, M. Sosey, and B. Whitmore.

Acknowledgments

Parts I and III of the HST Data Handbook gain their strength from the groundwork and contributions of many individuals over the extended lifetime of the HST Mission. The current editors would like to acknowledge these efforts and the efforts of the previous editors of Parts I and III of the Data Handbook. Over the past decade, the HST Introduction and Appendices have benefited from the editorial leadership of D. Karakla, J. Mack, B. Mobasher, M. Corbin, J. Hsu, C. (T.) Keyes, M. Voit, C. Leitherer, and S. Baum.