Instrument Science Reports (ISRs)

ISR 2012-01: Post-SM4 Sensitivity Calibration of the STIS Echelle Modes
K. A. Bostroem 30 Jan 2012 (Pdf 609 Kb)

ISR 2011-04:Time Dependence of the Echelle Modes Sensitivity before the STIS Repair
A. Aloisi 30 Sep 2011 (Pdf 1302 Kb)

ISR 2011-03: Dark Rate of the STIS NUV Detector
W. Zheng 06 Sep 2011 (Pdf 677 Kb)

ISR 2011-02: Effects of CTE Degradation on Cycle 18 Observations with the STIS CCD
W. V. Dixon 31 May 2011 (Pdf 1219 Kb)

ISR 2011-01: Wavelength Calibration Accuracy for the STIS CCD and MAMA Modes
I. Pascucci 29 Mar 2011 (Pdf 416 Kb)

ISR 2010-01: Monitoring of the Wavelength Calibration Lamps for the Hubble Space Telescope
I. Pascucci 18 Sep 2010 (Html)

ISR 2009-02: STIS CCD Performance after SM4: Read Noise, Dark Current, Hot Pixel Annealing, CTE, Gain, and Spectroscopic Sensitivity
P. Goudfrooij 30 Oct 2009 (Pdf 1445 Kb)

ISR 2009-01: STIS CCD Anneal Results
M. Wolfe 15 Apr 2009 (Pdf 407 Kb)

ISR 2007-04: wx2d: A PyRAF Routine to Resample Spectral Images
L. Dressel 22 Aug 2007 (Pdf 1374 Kb)

ISR 2007-03: Time Dependent Trace Angles for the STIS First Order Modes
L. Dressel 17 Aug 2007 (Pdf 4044 Kb)

ISR 2007-02: Changes in the STIS FUV MAMA Dark Current
C. Proffitt 06 Aug 2007 (Pdf 2106 Kb)

ISR 2007-01: New On-Orbit Sensitivity Calibration for All STIS Echelle Modes
A. Aloisi 18 Jan 2007 (Pdf 131 Kb)

ISR 2006-04: Sensitivity of STIS First-Order Medium Resolution Modes
C. Proffitt 21 Jul 2006 (Pdf 391 Kb)

ISR 2006-03: A new CTE Correction Algorithm for Point Source Spectroscopy with the STIS CCD: Correcting for charge trap filling by the 'red halo' of the CCD Point Spread Function redward of 8000 A
P. Goudfrooij 09 Jun 2006 (Pdf 372 Kb)

ISR 2006-02: Spectroscopic PSF: Comparison of Data and Models for a Target Centered In and Out of the Aperture
L. Dressel 10 Apr 2006 (Pdf 589 Kb)

ISR 2006-01: Charge Transfer Efficiency of the STIS CCD: The time dependence of charge loss and centroid shifts from Internal Sparse Field data
P. Goudfrooij 27 Feb 2006 (Pdf 531 Kb)

ISR 2005-03: Wavelength Calibration Accuracy of the First-Order CCD Modes Using the E1 Aperture
S. Friedman 22 Aug 2005 (Pdf 2322 Kb)

ISR 2005-02: MULTISPEC: A Code for the Extraction of Slitless Spectra in Crowded Fields
J. Maíz Apellániz 04 May 2005 (Pdf 916 Kb)

ISR 2005-01: A New Flux Calibration for the STIS Objective Prism
J. Maíz Apellániz 07 Mar 2005 (Pdf 602 Kb)

ISR 2004-06: STIS Cycle 10 Calibration Close-out Report
L. Dressel 14 Dec 2004 (Pdf 658 Kb)

ISR 2004-05: STIS CCD Imaging Throughputs
C. Proffitt 27 Oct 2004 (Pdf 172 Kb)

ISR 2004-04: Time-Dependent Sensitivity of the CCD and MAMA First-Order Modes
D. Stys 14 Sep 2004 (Pdf 1640 Kb)

ISR 2004-03: Full-field Sensitivity of STIS CCD Imaging and its Temporal Dependence
B. Mobasher 26 May 2004 (Pdf 153 Kb)

ISR 2004-02: First Order LSFs for the Nominal vs. E1 Apertures
K. Sahu 09 Mar 2004 (Pdf 131 Kb)

ISR 2004-01: A New Geometric Distortion Solution for the STIS NUV-MAMA
J. Maíz-Apellániz 01 Mar 2004 (Pdf 592 Kb)

ISR 2003-03: An Algorithm for Correcting CTE Loss in Spectrophotometry of Point Sources with the STIS CCD (Revision)
R. Bohlin 08 Aug 2003 (Pdf 303 Kb)

ISR 2003-02: STIS Cycle 9 Calibration Close-out Report
C. Proffitt 28 Feb 2003 (Pdf 807 Kb)

ISR 2003-01: Absolute Flux Calibration of STIS MAMA Imaging Modes
C. Proffitt 28 Jan 2003 (Pdf 224 Kb)

ISR 2002-01: 2-D Algorithm for Removing Scattered Light from STIS Echelle Data
J. Valenti 23 Jul 2002 (Pdf 765 Kb)

ISR 2001-05: STIS CCD Read Noise During Side-2 Operations
T. Brown 06 Dec 2001 (Pdf 877 Kb)

ISR 2001-04: STIS Cycle 8 Calibration Close-out Report
R. Diaz-Miller 30 Oct 2001 (Pdf 745 Kb)

ISR 2001-03: Temperature Dependence of the STIS CCD Dark Rate During Side-2 Operations
T. Brown 05 Oct 2001 (Pdf 187 Kb)

ISR 2001-02: STIS Geometric Distortion - SMOV3A tests for CCD, NUV-MAMA and FUV-MAMA
J. Walsh 01 Apr 2001 (Pdf 544 Kb)

ISR 2001-01: Sensitivity Monitor Report for the STIS First-Order Modes-III (Revision)
D. Stys 02 May 2001 (Pdf 541 Kb)

ISR 2000-04: STIS Cycle 7 Calibration Close-out Report
I. Dashevsky 01 Aug 2000 (Pdf 1570 Kb)

ISR 2000-03: Sensitivity Monitor Report for the STIS First-Order Modes - II
E. Smith 21 Sep 2000 (Pdf 749 Kb)

ISR 2000-02: STIS Time-Tag Analysis Guide
I. Dashevsky 06 Sep 2000 (Pdf 339 Kb)

ISR 2000-01: Revised Bright Object Protection Policies for MAMA Observations
G. Kriss 17 Mar 2000 (Pdf 36 Kb)

ISR 99-08: Creation and Testing Procedures for STIS CCD Bias Reference Files
P. Goudfrooij 01 Nov 1999 (Pdf 321 Kb)

ISR 99-07: Changes in Sensitivity of the Low Dispersion Modes
R. Bohlin 01 Nov 1999 (Pdf 277 Kb)

ISR 99-06: Flat Fields for the CCD Spectral Modes
R. Bohlin 01 Sep 1999 (Pdf 298 Kb)

ISR 99-05: STIS/CCD Time Series Photometry with Saturated Data
R. Gilliland 30 Jul 1999 (Pdf 418 Kb)

ISR 99-04: Dust Motes and Blemishes in the CCD Spectral Modes
R. Bohlin 01 Jul 1999 (Pdf 368 Kb)

ISR 99-03: Calstis 6: Extraction of 1_d Spectra in the STIS Calibration Pipeline
M. McGrath 25 Mar 1999 (Pdf 174 Kb)

ISR 99-02: Scientific Requirements for Thermal Control and Scheduling of the STIS MAMA detectors after SM-3
H. Ferguson 07 Mar 1999 (Pdf 254 Kb)

ISR 99-01: Internal to External Wavelength Calibration
K. Sahu 13 Jan 1999 (Pdf 96 Kb)

ISR 98-31 STIS CCD Performance Monitor:Read Noise, Gain...
P. Goudfrooij 01 Nov 1998 (Pdf 561 Kb)

ISR 98-30: Specification and Application of the MAMA Additive Image (MADDIM) to Track Charge Extraction
J. Walsh 01 Feb 1998 (Pdf 247 Kb)

ISR 98-29: STIS Near-IR Fringing. III. A Tutorial on the Use of the IRAF Tasks
P. Goudfrooij 24 Nov 1998 (Pdf 112 Kb)

ISR 98-28: The STIS Pipeline - Determination of Calibration Switch Settings
R. Downes 30 Oct 1998 (Pdf 150 Kb)

ISR 98-27: Sensitivity Monitor Report for the STIS First-Order Modes
N. Walborn 01 Oct 1998 (Pdf 412 Kb)

ISR 98-26: Calstis1: Basic Two-Dimensional Image Reduction
P. Hodge 16 Oct 1998 (Pdf 125 Kb)

ISR 98-25: Echelle Neutral Density Slit Throughputs
C. Leitherer 16 Jul 1998 (Pdf 55 Kb)

ISR 98-24: Spectroscopic Mode Peculiarities
C. Bowers 11 Jun 1998 (Pdf 318 Kb)

ISR 98-23: Plate Scales, Anamorphic Magnification and Dispersion: CCD Modes
C. Bowers 14 Jul 1998 (Pdf 222 Kb)

ISR 98-22: Cosmic Ray Rejection in STIS CCD Images
D. Shaw 19 Jun 1998 (Pdf 184 Kb)

ISR 98-21: Scattered Light from the Earth Limb Measured with the STIS CCD
D. Shaw 17 Jun 1998 (Pdf 210 Kb)

ISR 98-20: Clear Aperture Fractional Transmission for Point Sources
R. Bohlin 12 Oct 1998 (Pdf 992 Kb)

ISR 98-19: STIS Near-IR Fringing. II. Basics and Use of Contemporaneous Flats for Spectroscopy of Point Sources. (Revision A)
P. Goudfrooij 01 Nov 1998 (Pdf 506 Kb)

ISR 98-18: Absolute Flux Calibration For Prime STIS Echelle Modes With The 0.2X0.2" Slit
R. Bohlin 01 Jun 1998 (Pdf 3102 Kb)

ISR 98-16: Use of FP-SPLIT Slits for Reaching High Signal-to-Noise with MAMA Detectors
R. Gilliland 09 Apr 1998 (Pdf 269 Kb)

ISR 98-15: MAMA Flat-field Status and Plans
D. Shaw 06 Apr 1998 (Pdf 5345 Kb)

ISR 98-14: The Calstis IRAF Calibration Tools for STIS Data
R. Katsanis 26 Apr 1998 (Pdf 333 Kb)

ISR 98-13: Calstis7: Two-dimensional rectification of spectroscopic data in the STIS Calibration Pipeline
M. McGrath 05 May 1998 (Pdf 79 Kb)

ISR 98-12: Calstis4, calstis11, calstis12: Wavecal Processing in the STIS Calibration Pipeline
P. Hodge 21 Apr 1998 (Pdf 63 Kb)

ISR 98-11: Calstis2: Cosmic Ray Rejection in the STIS Calibration Pipeline
R. Shaw 04 May 1998 (Pdf 67 Kb)

ISR 98-10: Calstis0: Pipeline Calibration of STIS Data- A Detailed View
P. Hodge 21 Apr 1998 (Pdf 115 Kb)

ISR 98-09: Extraction Heights for STIS Echelle Spectra
C. Leitherer 01 Mar 1998 (Pdf 479 Kb)

ISR 98-08: MAMA Bright Object Checking: Experience from Cycle 7 and Recommendations for Cycle8
C. Leitherer 01 Mar 1998 (Pdf 46 Kb)

ISR 98-06: STIS CCD Anneals
J. Hayes 01 Mar 1998 (Pdf 198 Kb)

ISR 98-05: Doppler Compensation in CALSTIS
K. Sahu 01 Feb 1998 (Pdf 29 Kb)

ISR 98-04: Spectroscopic Mode Image Quality of STIS I. First Order Modes
K. Sahu 30 Jan 1998 (Pdf 274 Kb)

ISR 98-03: MAMA Anomalous Recovery
H. Ferguson 23 Oct 1998 (Pdf 157 Kb)

ISR 98-02: Cycle-7 MAMA Pulse height distribution stability: Fold Analysis Measurement
H. Ferguson 26 Oct 1998 (Pdf 73 Kb)

ISR 98-01: Diffuse Source Absolute Sensitivity and Point Source Relative Sensitivity as a Function of Extraction Slit Height for STIS First-Order Modes
R. Bohlin 01 Feb 1998 (Pdf 1229 Kb)

ISR 97-16: STIS Near-IR Fringing: Basics and Use of Contemporaneous Flats for Extended Sources
J. Walsh 31 Dec 1997 (Pdf 506 Kb)

ISR 97-15: GO Added Near-IR Fringe Flats (Revision A)
S. Baum 12 Nov 1998 (Pdf 50 Kb)

ISR 97-14: Absolute Flux Calibration for STIS First-Order Low-Resolution Modes
R. Bohlin 01 Feb 1998 (Pdf 148 Kb)

ISR 97-13: Extraction Slits for First-Order STIS Spectra
C. Leitherer 01 Sep 1997 (Pdf 170 Kb)

ISR 97-12: STIS Target Acquisitions During SMOV
R. Katsanis 25 Jul 1997 (Pdf 14 Kb)

ISR 97-11: STIS Paper Products (Revision A)
S. Keener 31 May 1997 (Pdf 511 Kb)

ISR 97-10: STIS Results from SMOV: CCD Baseline Performance
P. Goudfrooij 30 May 1997 (Pdf 178 Kb)

ISR 97-09: The STScI STIS Pipeline: Bias Level Correction
P. Goudfrooij 20 May 1997 (Pdf 826 Kb)

ISR 97-08: The Spectrum Splicer Task
S. Hulbert 01 Jun 1997 (Pdf 23 Kb)

ISR 97-07: Pre-Launch NUV MAMA Flats
R. Bohlin 01 May 1997 (Pdf 1506 Kb)

ISR 97-06: Mode Selection Mechanism Repeatability
R. Downes 18 Apr 1997 (Pdf 47 Kb)

ISR 97-05: The STScI STIS Pipeline IV: Combining REPEATOBS Data (Revision A)
P. Goudrooij 31 Mar 1997 (Pdf 15 Kb)

ISR 97-03: User's Guide to Target Acqs with STIS (Rev B)
R. Downes 16 May 1997 (Pdf 412 Kb)

ISR 97-02: The STScI STIS Pipeline VII: Extraction of 1-D Spectra
S. Hulbert 26 Feb 1997 (Pdf 38 Kb)

ISR 97-01: Automatic and GO Wavecals for CCD and MAMA Spectroscopic Observations
S. Baum 02 Feb 1997 (Pdf 13 Kb)

ISR 96-31: Bright Object Protection Mechanisms for STIS
M. Clampin 14 May 1997 (Pdf 224 Kb)

ISR 96-30: STIS Target Acquisitions I: CCD Point Source Acquisitions
M. Clampin 16 Dec 1996 (Pdf 155 Kb)

ISR 96-27: MAMA Reconfigurations
M. Clampin 05 Aug 1996 (Pdf 30 Kb)

ISR 96-29: Statistics from the STIS GTO Science Program
R. Downes 05 Aug 1996 (Pdf 23 Kb)

ISR 96-28: STIS Bright Object Protection Observing Policies for the MAMA Detectors
C. Leitherer 05 Aug 1996 (Pdf 23 Kb)

ISR 96-26: STIS Pipeline Testing III: 2-D Image Recification
S. Keener 26 Jul 1996 (Pdf 17 Kb)

ISR 96-25: STIS: Hi-res or Lo-res MAMA Operations
Bohlin, R.C. 01 Jun 1996 (Pdf 744 Kb)

ISR 96-24: MAMA Bright Object Limits
C. Leitherer 16 Sep 1996 (Pdf 161 Kb)

ISR 96-23: STIS Pipeline Testing II: TIMETAG Processing
S. Keener 31 May 1996 (Pdf 10 Kb)

ISR 96-22: STIS Pipeline Testing I: 2-D Image Reduction
S. Keener 30 May 1996 (Pdf 18 Kb)

ISR 96-21: Limiting Magnitute Tables for STIS Bright Object Protection (BOP)
M. Clampin 10 May 1996 (Pdf 36 Kb)

ISR 96-20: Implementation of the STIS Exposure Time Calculator on the WWW
W. Hack 16 Oct 1996 (Pdf 82 Kb)

ISR 96-19: The STScI STIS Pipeline VI: Reduction of WAVECALs
S. Hulbert 31 Mar 1996 (Pdf 15 Kb)

ISR 96-18: The STScI Pipeline V: Cosmic Ray Rejection
S. Baum 22 Jul 1996 (Pdf 31 Kb)

ISR 96-17: The STScI STIS Pipeline IV: Combining Repeatobs Data
P. Hodge 06 Dec 1995 (Pdf 294 Kb)

ISR 96-16: Associations of NICMOS and STIS Exposures: An Extension of the HST Data Processing Pipeline
J. MacKenty 19 Feb 1996 (Pdf 23 Kb)

ISR 96-15: On-Orbit Flat Fields and Absolute Calibration of STIS
R. Bohlin 31 Jan 1996 (Pdf 2032 Kb)

ISR 96-13: The STScI STIS Pipeline III: TIMETAG Data
S. Baum 22 Jul 1996 (Pdf 23 Kb)

ISR 96-09: A STIS Mode Select Mechanism Grating Positions (Revision of 95-09)
M. Clampin 30 Jul 1996 (Pdf 14 Kb)

ISR 95-14: STIS Paper Products
S. Hulbert 01 Sep 1995 (Pdf 1681 Kb)

ISR 95-11: TIME-TAG Mode of STIS Observations Using the MAMA Detectors
K. Sahu 16 Apr 1996 (Pdf 32 Kb)

ISR 95-10: STIS Slit Wheel Repeatability
E. Kinney 22 Jul 1996 (Pdf 84 Kb)

ISR 95-08: STIS Science Apertures (Rev. D)
M. Clampin 12 Jul 1995 (Pdf 178 Kb)

ISR 95-07: Plans for the STScI STIS Pipeline II: Calstis-1 Two-dimensional Image Reduction
P. Hodge 25 Jul 1995 (Pdf 92 Kb)

ISR 95-06: Plans for the STScI STIS Pipeline I: Overview
S. Baum 24 Jul 1995 (Pdf 274 Kb)

ISR 95-05: STIS Capabilities for Cycle 7 - A Discussion Document
S. Baum 23 Jul 1995 (Pdf 157 Kb)

ISR 95-03: Descope of the STIS Calibration System
M. Clampin 22 Jul 1995 (Pdf 25 Kb)

ISR 95-02: STIS Design Reference Mission and Ground System Volume Requirements
S. Baum 01 Jun 1995 (Pdf 126 Kb)

ISR 95-01: The STIS bright object protection scheme
M. Clampin 01 May 1995 (Pdf 796 Kb)