HST Data Handbook for ACS

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

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A

accuracy

astrometric, improving 1

acquisition failure

guide stars 1

ACS2D

flow diagram 1

task, MAMA calibrations 1

ACSCCD

flow diagram 1

task, CCD calibrations 1

ACSREJ

task, cosmic-ray rejection 1

ACSSUM

task, image combination 1

analysis

images, general in STSDAS 1

spectra, general in STSDAS 1

spectra, general tasks in IRAF
1

spectra, STIS 1

analysis package

image analysis 1

apphot package

aperture photometry 1

archive

file names 1

arithmetic

imset, msarith task 1

spectra, splot task 1

array

FITS table 1

Association Tables

creating custom tables 1

structure 1

use with PyDrizzle 1

astrometry

basic, in STSDAS 1

improving accuracy 1

tasks in STSDAS 1

B

background

running tasks in 1

Bad Pixels

data quality array 1, 2

pixel flag values 1

reference file 1

Bias subtraction

bias reference image 1

overscan regions 1

C

CALACS

calibration summary 1

flow diagram

CCD data 1

general 1

MAMA data 1

individual tasks

ACS2D 1

ACSCCD 1

ACSREJ 1

ACSSUM 1

Calibration

CCD 1

MAMA 1

On-The-Fly Reprocessing
(OTFR) 1

pipeline 1, 2

processing speed 1

switch selection criteria 1

calibration

software, STSDAS 1

Capabilities

coronography 1

imaging 1

polarimetry 1

spectroscopy 1

command

see "task"1

commands

splot cursor 1

conversion

counts to flux or magnitude 1

flux to wavelength, resample task
1

Cosmic-ray Rejection

ACSREJ task 1

reference file 1

counts

flux conversion 1

magnitude conversion 1

cursor

splot commands 1

D

Dark Current

reference file 1

subtraction, pipeline calibration 1

Data

associations 1

exposure types 1

file structure 1

file suffixes 1

data

analysis software, STSDAS 1

parameter types, IRAF 1

Data Quality

array initialization 1

file extension 1

pixel flag values 1

data quality

PDQ files 1

Data Storage

buffer memory 1

storage requirements 1

database

synphot 1

dataset

see also "imset"1

Detectors

see "HRC"1

see "SBC"1

see "WFC"1

disconlab task

position display 1

display

display task 1

image 1

SAOimage 1

spectra 1

display task

images in STSDAS 1

Distortion

see "Geometric Distortion"1

documentation

IRAF 1

STSDAS 1

Drizzle

see "PyDrizzle"1

E

echelle spectra

echplot task 1

echplot task

plot echelle spectra 1

engineering data

OMS logs 1

environment variable

IRAF 1

eparam task

editing parameters 1

Error Array

initialization 1, 2

extension

FITS file 1

FITS, appending 1

F

file

PostScript, creating 1

files

data formats 1

data quality (PDQ) 1

FITS, working with 1

naming conventions 1

observation log 1

observer comments (OCX) 1

rootname 1

specifying, STIS 1

trailer 1

FINE LOCK

guidance 1

FITS

files, working with 1, 2

format, described 1

GEIS files in 1

table 1

table, array in cell 1

waiver 1

fitting package

fit spectra 1

tasks in 1

Flatfield

correction, pipeline calibration 1

reference file 1

flux

combine with wavelength,
mkmultispec 1

from counts 1

format

IRAF and STSDAS files 1

FOS

display spectra 1

fwplot task

spectra display 1

G

GEIS format

described 1

header file 1

working with 1

Generic Conversion

OPUS processing 1

Geometric Distortion

ACS distortion overview 1, 2

ACS distortion table (IDCTAB)

description 1

forward correction 1

inverse correction 1

detector orientations 1

distortion model 1

HRC 1

pixel scale 1

SBC 1

WFC 1

geometric distortion

correction 1

GHRS

display spectra 1

group

number in image 1

working with 1

grspec task

plot groups 1

guidance mode

observation log 1

guide stars

acquisition 1

acquisition failure 1

dominant roll 1

number used 1

H

hardcopy

see "print" or "paper products"1

header

file, GEIS 1

keyword, inheritance in FITS 1

header data unit

FITS file 1

help

STSDAS and IRAF tasks
1, 2

HRC

capabilities 1

description 1, 2

distortion 1, 2

I

igi

plotting with 1

printing plots 1

image

display 1, 2

GEIS file 1

plot data, implot 1

section 1

see also "FITS"1

STSDAS tasks 1

working with 1

Image Reduction and Analysis Facility

see "IRAF"1

image set

see "imset"1

imcopy task

FITS files 1

imexamine task

image display and plot 1

imgtools package

multigroup GEIS images 1

implot task

plot image data 1

imset

combination, msjoin task 1

extraction, mssplit task 1

statistics, msstatistics task 1

STSDAS tasks for 1

imtab task

header to table 1

IPPSSOOOT

see "files, naming conventions"1

IRAF

basics 1

described 1, 2

documentation 1

obtaining 1

parameter, data type 1

piping 1

psikern, PostScript 1

setup 1

spectra analysis 1

tasks available 1

J

jitter

effect on target lock 1

images from OMS 1

plotting 1

K

Keywords

image header 1

used by CALACS 1

keywords

FITS header 1

see also "header"1

L

Linearity Correction

MAMA 1

lparam task

viewing parameters 1

M

magnitude

from counts 1

MAMA

see "SBC"1

math

see "arithmetic"1

mkiraf command

IRAF setup 1

mkmultispec task 1

moving target

acquisition 1

msarith task

imset arithmetic 1

mscombine task

combine imset 1

msjoin task

combine imset 1

mssplit task

extract imset 1

msstatistics task

imset statitistics 1

mstools package

FITS image extenstions 1

multispec format

described 1

N

naming conventions

files, HST data 1

nfit1d task 1

ngaussfit task 1

NICMOS

imset, STSDAS tasks 1

O

observation log

files 1

Observation Monitoring System 1

observer comment file

described 1

Observing Considerations

coronograph 1

dithering 1

parallel observing 1

pattern 1

target acquisitions 1

OCX file

observer comments 1

OMS

observation log files 1

Optics

coronograph 1

corrective optics 1

fold mirror 1

HRC/SBC 1

spherical aberration 1

WFC 1

OPUS

see "pipeline"1

OTFR

On-The-Fly Reprocessing 1, 2

Overscan Regions

bias level determination 1

P

package

IRAF concept 1

STSDAS, structure 1, 2

parameter

data types 1

see also "eparam" and "lparam"1

setting, IRAF 1

PDQ file

described 1

Photometry

header keywords 1

photometry

basic, in STSDAS 1

synthetic 1

pipe

IRAF task 1

Pipeline

see "Calibration"1

pipeline

files produced by 1

pixel coordinate

converting to RA and Dec 1

pixel data

GEIS file 1

Pixel Scale

distortion 1

plot

igi task 1

pointing stability 1

position

RA and Dec in STSDAS 1

Post-Flash Correction

reference file 1

PostScript

psikern, IRAF 1

print

plots, igi 1

psikern

PostScript IRAF kernel 1

PyDrizzle

association tables 1

data products

context image 1, 2

science image 1, 2

weight image 1, 2

default parameters 1

overview 1

PyRAF environment 1

syntax for running 1

Q

Quicklook Products

PDF files 1

R

Recalibration

Manual 1

On-The-Fly (OTFR) 1

see also "Calibration"1

recentering

jitter 1

Reference files

bad pixel table 1

bias image 1

calibration file list 1

calibration files 1

calibration switch selection criteria
1

CCD characteristics table 1

cosmic-ray rejection parameter table
1

dark image 1

flatfield 1

MAMA linearity table 1

overscan region table 1

post-flash image 1

shutter shading correction image
1

throughput component tables 1

resample task

flux to wavelength 1

rootname

see "files, naming conventions"1

S

SAOimage

display image 1

SBC

capabilities 1

description 1

distortion 1, 2

section

image 1

sgraph task

plot group 1

plot STIS spectra 1

Shading Correction

reference file 1

software

IRAF 1, 2

STSDAS 1, 2

Space Telescope Science Data
Analysis System

see "STSDAS"1

specfit task

fit models to spectrum 1

spectra

analysis tasks,IRAF 1

analysis, STSDAS 1

analysis, tasks in STSDAS 1

display 1

display, STIS 1

fitting 1

specfit task 1

splot task

cursor commands 1

plot spectra 1

StarView

observation logs 1

Statistics

image 1

STIS

analysis, preparing 1

display spectra 1

echelle spectra, plotting 1

imset, STSDAS tasks for 1

STSDAS 1

astrometry 1

astrometry in 1

described 1

documentation 1

image analysis tasks 1

image display 1, 2

image, display 1

image, section 1

images 1

imset tasks 1

obtaining 1

organization of 1, 2

photometry in 1

spectra analysis tasks 1

synphot, database 1

synthetic photometry 1

tables 1

suffix

see "files, naming conventions"1

synphot

database, obtaining 1

synphot package

synthetic photometry 1

synthetic photometry

see "synphot"1

T

table

FITS 1

STSDAS 1

target acquisition

moving target 1

task

IRAF concept 1

tomultipsec task

extract STIS spectral orders 1

trailer file

described 1

Trailer Files

creation by CALACS 1

transformation

pixel coordinates to RA and Dec
1

ttools package

STSDAS tables 1

txtable task

extract arrays 1

U

unit

counts to flux/mag, conversion
1

user support

help desk 1

V

variable

IRAF, environment 1

W

waiver FITS format 1

wavelength

combine with flux, mkmultispec
1

WFC

capabilities 1

description 1, 2

distortion 1, 2

World Coordinate System

mkmultispec task 1

world wide web

software, obtaining 1

X

xy2rd task

pixel coordinates to RA and Dec
1

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