GHRS Instrument Handbook v4.1

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Title Page [PostScript 59 Kb]

Table of Contents [PostScript 60 Kb]

Part I: Introduction to the GHRS and this Handbook

Chapter 1 [PostScript 112 Kb] Preliminaries and Essential Reading, p.5

1.1 This Handbook

1.2 Changes since the previous version

1.3 Where to find additional information, changes, errata, etc.

Chapter 2 [PostScript 136 Kb] Instrument Summary - Why Use the GHRS?, p.13

2.1 Fundamental properties of the instrument

2.2 A Brief Description of the Instrument and Its Operation

2.3 A Little About How HST and GHRS Work

2.4 GHRS Modes of Operation

Part II: Writing GHRS Proposals

Chapter 3 [PostScript 136 Kb] Phase I: What the TAC Sees, p.23

3.1 Essential questions

3.2 Specifying Target Acquisition

3.3 Calculating the Exposure Time

3.4 Calculating the Spacecraft Time

Chapter 4 [PostScript 192 Kb] Your Phase II Proposal, p.33

4.1 Acquisitions

4.2 Image Mode

4.3 Non-Standard Calibrations

4.4 Accumulation Mode

4.5 Rapid Readout Mode

4.6 Other Considerations

Chapter 5 [PostScript 83 Kb] Phase II Proposal Examples, p.47

Part III: GHRS Reference Information

Chapter 6 [PostScript 82 Kb] Design and Construction of the GHRS, p.53

6.1 The HST Focal Plane and the GHRS Apertures

6.2 Gratings and Optical Elements

6.3 The Digicon Detectors

Chapter 7 [PostScript 584 Kb] Reference Tables and Information, p.65

7.1 Predicting Target Acquisition Count Rates for Stars

7.2 Other Acquisition Information

7.3 Gratings

7.4 Exposure Estimation

7.5 Instrumental Properties

Chapter 8 [PostScript 89 Kb] GHRS Bibliography, p.93

8.1 Ultraviolet Extinction

8.2 GHRS-Related Technical Papers

8.3 GHRS Scientific Papers

8.4 Acknowledgments

Part IV:

Glossary [PostScript 72 Kb] of Terms and Abbreviations, p.99

Addendum 1 Potential Data Corruption [PostScript 69 Kb]

Addendum 2 is not available, see newer version for information about SSA peakups

Index [PostScript 74 Kb], p.111