HST Primer
December 2012

Hubble Space Telescope
Primer for Cycle 21

An Introduction to HST
for Phase I Proposers

How to Get Started

For information about submitting a HST observing proposal, please begin at the Cycle 21 Announcement Web page at:

http://www.stsci.edu/hst/proposing/docs/cycle21announce

Procedures for submitting a Phase I proposal are available at:

http://apst.stsci.edu/apt/external/help/roadmap1.html

Technical documentation about the instruments are available in their respective handbooks, available at:

http://www.stsci.edu/hst/HST_overview/documents

Where to Get Help

Contact the STScI Help Desk by sending a message to help@stsci.edu. Voice mail may be left by calling 1-800-544-8125 (within the US only) or 410-338-1082.

The HST Primer for Cycle 21 was edited by Shireen Gonzaga, with Senior Technical Editor Susan Rose and contributions from many others at STScI, in particular Alessandra Aloisi, Azalee Bostroem, Stefano Casertano, Ronald Downes, Rosa Diaz, Linda Dressel, Andrew Fox, Dorothy Fraquelli, Andrew Fruchter, Warren Hack, Svea Hernandez, Jason Kalirai, Deborah Kenny, Tim Kimball, Matt Lallo, John MacKenty, Cristina Oliveira, Larry Petro, Charles Proffitt, Tony Roman, Ken Sembach, Linda Smith, Denise Taylor, Leonardo Ubeda, William Workman, and Jim Younger.