Advanced Camera for Surveys Instrument Handbook for Cycle 16

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

Index

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A

AB(nu) 1, 2, 3

Abberrated Beam Coronagraph 1

Aberration Correction 1

ABMAG 1, 2

ACCUM mode

HRC 1

SBC 1

WFC 1

ACQ mode

effective neutral density filters 1

HRC 1

Apertures

available-but-unsupported 1, 2

coronagraph/acqs 1, 2

HRC 1, 2, 3

polarizers 1

ramps 1, 2

SBC 1

small filters 1

subarrays 1, 2

WFC 1, 2, 3

A-to-D Converter

HRC 1, 2

WFC 1, 2

Auto-Parallels 1, 2

B

Bandpass 1, 2

Blooming 1

BOP

screening 1

solar system objects 1

Bright Object Protection 1

global limit 1, 2

limiting V magnitudes 1

local limit 1, 2

policy 1

global limit table 1

parallels 1

Phase I 1

Phase II 1

safety 1

Buffer

compression 1

HRC 1

internal memory 1

overheads 1

SBC 1

SBC 16 bit 1

WFC 1

C

CALACS 1

Calibration

accuracies 1

lamps 1

non-science exposures/GO obtained 1

polarizers 1

CCDs

HRC. See HRC1

WFC. See WFC1

Charge Transfer Efficiency 1

background considerations 1

parallel measurement/table 1

predicted/expected losses 1, 2

science applications 1

serial measurement/table 1

utilizing POS TARGS 1

Coordinated Parallels 1

Coronagraphy

coronagraph design 1

exposure time calculation 1

Lyot stop 1

occulting finger 1

occulting masks 1

PSF 1

target acquisition 1, 2

Cosmic Rays

CR-splitting 1

HRC 1

WFC 1

Count Rate Limits

SBC 1, 2

CR-SPLIT 1, 2, 3

CTE 1

D

Dark Current

SBC 1

Dark Frames

HRC/WFC 1

Data Number (DN) 1, 2, 3

Data Storage

buffer dumps 1, 2

buffer size 1

data transfer rate/overheads 1

data volume 1

Detectors

HRC. See HRC1

SBC. See SBC1

WFC. see WFC1

Dithering

cosmic rays 1

goals 1

Drizzle/Multidrizzle 1

Dynamic Range 1

E

Earthshine 1, 2

Encircled Energy

models 1

Exposure Time Calculations 1

bright object limits 1

ETC 1

examples 1

sky backgrounds 1

useful quantities tables 1

Exposures

minimum/maximum exposure time 1, 2

overheads 1

target-acquisition 1

Extinction 1

F

Field of View (FOV)

HRC 1

ramps 1

SBC 1

WFC 1

Filter Wheel

SBC 1

WFC/HRC 1

Filters 1, 2

HRC/F220W 1, 2

HRC/F250W 1

HRC/F330W 1

HRC/F344N 1

HRC/F435W 1

HRC/F475W 1

HRC/F502N 1

HRC/F550M 1

HRC/F555W 1

HRC/F606W 1

HRC/F625W 1

HRC/F658N 1

HRC/F660N 1

HRC/F775W 1

HRC/F814W 1

HRC/F850LP 1

HRC/F892N 1

HRC/G800L 1

HRC/PR200L 1

Johnson-Cousins 1

narrow-band 1

Ramp Filters

HRC 1

WFC 1

SBC Summary Table 1

SBC/F115LP 1

SBC/F122M 1

SBC/F125LP 1

SBC/F140LP 1

SBC/F150LP 1

SBC/F165LP 1

SBC/PR110LP 1

SBC/PR130LP 1

Sloan Digital Sky Survey 1

WFC/F435W 1

WFC/F475W 1

WFC/F502N 1

WFC/F550M 1

WFC/F555W 1

WFC/F606W 1

WFC/F625W 1

WFC/F658N 1

WFC/F660N 1

WFC/F775W 1

WFC/F814W 1

WFC/F850LP 1

WFC/G800L 1

WFC/HRC Summary Table 1

Flat Field

HRC 1

WFC 1

Fringing 1

Full Well 1

G

Gain

ACCUM default 1

ACQ default 1

available-but-unsupported 1

default 1

HRC 1, 2

selection 1

WFC 1

Geocoronal emission 1

Geometric Distortion

HRC 1

PSF 1

temporal changes 1

WFC 1

H

Hot Pixels

anneal cycles 1

creation rate table 1

data quality array 1

dither pattern 1

permanent growth table 1

shot noise 1

spontaneous healing 1

warm pixels definition 1

HRC

ACCUM 1

ACQ 1

apertures 1, 2

A-to-D converter 1

buffer 1

characteristics 1

coating 1

cosmic rays 1

dark count 1

detector architecture 1

field of view 1

flat field 1

fringing 1

full well 1

full width half maximum (FWHM) 1

gain 1, 2

multiple electron events 1, 2

operating temperature 1

Performance Characteristics Table 1

physical overscan 1

pixel size 1

plate scale 1, 2

point spread function 1

QE hysteresis 1

quantum efficiency 1

ramp filters 1, 2

read noise 1, 2

readout 1

red leaks 1

saturation 1

subarrays 1

virtual overscan 1

I

Imaging

anomalies 1

BOP 1

HRC detector 1

limiting magnitude 1

saturation 1

SBC detector 1

signal-to-noise 1

throughput 1

WFC detector 1

Imaging caveats 1

filters see filters 1

Integrated System Throughput 1

L

Lamps

deuterium 1

tungsten 1

Light Paths 1

Limiting Magnitudes 1

Linearity

CCDs 1

SBC 1

LOW-SKY 1, 2

Lyot Stop 1

M

MAMA. See SBC1

Memory.See Buffer1

Multidrizzle/Drizzle 1

O

Optical Path

HRC/SBC 1

WFC 1

Optics

coronagraph 1

corrective optics 1

fold mirror 1

HRC/SBC 1

spherical aberration 1

WFC 1

Orbit-Time Determination 1

Orientation

computing 1

ORIENTAT 1

PA_APER 1

Overheads

buffer dumps 1, 2

buffer size 1

examples 1

guide star ACQ/reACQ 1

HRC/SBC toggle 1

observatory level 1

readout 1

science exposure level 1

spectroscopy 1

subarrays 1

table 1

target acquisition 1

WFC parallel buffer dumps 1

P

Parallel Observations

APT 1

auto-parallels 1

coordinated parallels 1

pointing 1

pure parallels 1

SBC in parallel 1

Patterns 1

Phase I

bright object limits 1

preparation 1, 2

Phase II

bright object limits 1

Photometry

encircled energy 1, 2

zero point 1

Pivot Wavelength 1

Plate Scale 1, 2

Polarimetry

Calibration 1

filters 1, 2

FOV 1

throughput 1

Post-flash 1, 2

PSF

coronagraphy 1

encircled energy 1

geometric distortion 1

HRC 1

HRC halo 1

models 1

pixel response function 1

residual aberrations 1

undersampling 1, 2

WFC 1

Pure Parallel Program 1

Q

Quantum Efficiency Hysteresis 1

R

Ramp Filters

aperture location 1

apertures 1

Readout Time 1, 2

Red Leaks

HRC 1

SBC 1

S

Saturation

CCDs 1

SBC 1

SBC

ACCUM mode 1, 2

apertures 1

BOP 1

buffer 1

characteristics 1, 2

flat field 1

global count rate 1

limiting count rates 1

local count rate 1

MAMA detector1

non-linearity 1

optical path 1

physical description 1

plate scale 1

policy 1, 2

PSF 1

red leaks 1

repeller wire 1

signal to noise limitation 1

spectral response 1

Scheduling

SBC considerations 1

Sensitivity

HRC/G800L 1, 2

HRC/PR 200L 1

WFC/G800L 1, 2

Shutter 1

Signal-to-Noise 1

sky background 1

Solar System Objects 1

South Atlantic Anomaly 1

Spectral Response. See Imaging throughput 1

Spectroscopy

HRC 1

SBC 1

WFC 1

STIS 1

Subarrays

amplifier 1

coronagraph 1

data volume 1

HRC 1

overscan 1

Synphot 1

T

Target ACQ

accuracy 1

aperture 1

coronagraph 1

ramp filters 1

Tiny TIM 1

Transmission Curves

broad-band filters 1

medium-band filters 1

narrow-band filters 1

SBC filters 1

SDSS filters 1

W

WFC

ACCUM 1

apertures 1, 2

characteristics 1

cosmic rays 1

dark count 1

detector architecture 1

field of view 1

flat field 1

fringing 1

full well 1

full width half maximum (FWHM) 1

gain 1, 2

non-repeatability 1

operating temperature 1

Performance Characteristics Table 1

pixel size 1

plate scale 1, 2

point spread function 1

QE hysteresis 1

quantum efficiency 1

ramp filters 1, 2

read noise 1

readout 1

saturation 1

virtual overscan 1

Z

Zodiacal Light 1