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ACS Instrument Performance

Through these pages we intend to keep the community informed about the status of the ACS as well as provide information on its calibration, including discussions of calibration strategies.

Current ACS Status

SBC is operating nominally.

HRC is not operational.

WFC is operating nominally.

Late Breaking News

07 Feb 2012 ISR 12-01 by Ralph Bohlin "Flux Calibration of the ACS CCD Cameras IV. Absolute Fluxes" is now posted.

15 Dec 2011:ACS WFC Full-frame SuperBiases are good through Nov 23rd and are available through the MAST archive. Subarray superbiases and SuperDarks will be delivered shortly.

06 Dec 2011: For news on the incorporation of the Pixel-based CTE Correction code in the new CALACS, please click here

7 Nov 2011 All Post-SM4 full frame superbiases have been reprocessed to remove the bias striping, and these are now available for retrieval

03 Nov 2011: Cycle 19 Calibration Plan has been posted on the Calibration Plan site.

20 Sept 2011: ACS is working properly after the SIC & DH lockup that occurred 27 Sept. 2011 05:39 EDT. No science data should be effected.

24 Aug 2011:For the latest news on the Pixel-CTE Correction code and its incorporation into CALACS, please click here

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