Index

Numerics

1-D spectrum

echelle

extracted 1, 2

extraction 1, 2, 3, 4

locate and extract

2-D image

basic reduction

rectification

spectral, rectification

A

ACCUM data

accuracies

CCD imaging

CCD spectroscopic

flux

MAMA imaging

MAMA spectroscopic

spatial

target acquisition

wavelength

ACQ/PEAK

data

data, analysis of

images

analog-to-digital conversion

atodcorr

correction 1, 2

aperture frame

association

data 1, 2, 3, 4

GO-wavecal

table 1, 2

a-to-d conversion

see "analog-to-digital conversion"

B

backcorr

background subtraction

1-D spectral

backcorr

barycentric time correction

basic2d task 1, 2

bias

biascorr

blevcorr

subtraction, CCD

subtraction, large scale

subtraction, small scale

biascorr

binned data 1, 2

binned data, coordinates

binning

CCD, on-chip

blaze

function 1, 2

shift correction 1, 2, 3, 4

blevcorr

C

calibration

atodcorr

backcorr

bias subtraction

biascorr

blevcorr

calibration switches

keywords

calibration

calstis error sources

calstis task 1, 2

crcorr

ctecorr

dark current

subtraction

darkcorr

data quality

dispcorr

doppcorr

dqicorr

edit header keywords

error sources

expscorr

flat field

flatcorr

fluxcorr

full recalibration

geocorr

geometric distortion correction

glincorr

header keywords 1, 2

helcorr

lamp

lflgcorr

lorscorr

nonlinearity correction

overscan subtraction

photcorr

photometric

pipeline 1, 2

pipeline, error sources

rptcorr

sc2dcorr

scattered light correction

setting calstis environment variables

sgeocorr

shadcorr

switches 1, 2, 3

time-tag data

wavecorr

wavelength

when to recalibrate

x1dcorr

x2dcorr

calstis

recalibrating data

setting environment variables

task 1, 2, 3

updates

capabilities

imaging

spectroscopic

catfits task

CCD

analog-to-digital conversion

bias subtraction

cosmic ray rejection

dark current 1, 2

detector described

hot pixels

imaging accuracies

imaging flat field

read noise

shading correction

spectroscopic accuracies

spectroscopic flat field

cgs flux

charge transfer efficiency

correction 1, 2

ctecorr

chcalpar task

closeout plan

combining images

dithered spectral

multidrizzle 1, 2

undithered spectral

coordinate systems 1, 2

aperture frame

user frame

vehicle frame

cosmic ray

correction, crcorr

cr-split exposures

rejection 1, 2, 3

crcorr

cr-split exposures

CTE

see "charge tranfer efficiency"

CTE correction

ctecorr

D

dark current

CCD

CCD, side 2 variations

correction, darkcorr

FUV-MAMA

MAMA

NUV-MAMA

subtraction, CCD 1, 2

subtraction, MAMA

darkcorr

data

ACQ/PEAK, analysis of

analysis, applications and tasks

binned

binning

buffer

direct imaging

format, ACCUM

format, FITS image extension files

format, FITS table extension files

format, time-tag 1, 2

reduction, applications and tasks

spectral imaging

time-tag

data quality

array

dqicorr

flags

image, data quality

array

data quality flags

daydark task

de-fringing

delta flat field

dfltfile

dispcorr

dispersion solution

doppcorr

Doppler shift correction

MAMA

DQ

see "data quality"

dqicorr

E

echelle

1-D spectrum extraction

blaze function

blaze shift correction 1, 2, 3, 4

long slit spectra

rectified long-slit spectral images

scattered light correction 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

echplot task

error array 1, 2

error image

error sources, pipeline

expscorr

extracted spectra

extraction box, changing default height

F

fiducial bars 1, 2

FITS files

image extension

table extension

flat field 1, 2

CCD imaging

CCD spectroscopic

correction

delta flat

dfltfile

flatcorr

l-flat 1, 2, 3

lfltfile

MAMA

p-flat 1, 2, 3

pfltfile

flatcorr

flux

accuracies

conversion to cgs

fluxcorr

fluxcorr

fringe flats, IR

fringes, IR, removing

FUV-MAMA

dark current

detector described

G

geocorr

geometric distortion correction

geocorr

MAMA small scale

small scale, MAMA

glincorr

GO-wavecal

association

grating wheel

see "MSM"

guiding

analysis of using target acquisition images

error for single guide star mode

H

header keywords 1, 2, 3

calibration switches

edit calibration keywords

editing

infostis task

photometry

reference file

hedit task

helcorr

heliocentric reference frame

heliocentric time correction

HITM

see "Hole in the Mirror"

Hole in the Mirror

hot pixels

CCD

removing

hselect

hstephem task

I

icons

used in this manual

igi task

IM

see "Insert Mechanism"

images

combining undithered

combining using multidrizzle 1, 2

imaging capabilities

imaging data

combing images

spatial information

units and conversions

infostis task 1, 2

Insert Mechanism

instrument design 1, 2

inttag task

IR fringe flats 1, 2

IR fringes, removing

K

keywords, header 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

L

lamp

calibration

deuterium, NUV-MAMA flat fielding

flat fielding

Hole in the Mirror

Insert Mechanism

krypton, FUV-MAMA flat fielding

Pt-Cr/Ne line 1, 2

tungsten, CCD flat fielding

large scale flat field

l-flat 1, 2, 3

lflgcorr

lfltfile

listpix task

long slit 1, 2, 3

long slit spectra

lorscorr

low-resolution

MAMA, correction

M

MAMA

conversion to native format pixels

dark current subtraction

Doppler shift correction

flat field

geometric distortion correction, small scale

high res pixels

imaging accuracies

low-resolution correction

native format pixels

nonlinearity correction

repeat exposure

spectroscopic accuracies

sum repeated observations

mkfringeflat task 1, 2

mktrace task 1, 2, 3, 4

Mode Select Mechanism

see MSM

MSM

description

offset, determining from wavecal

multidrizzle task 1, 2, 3

multispec task 1, 2, 3, 4

N

nfit1d task

nonlinearity correction

NUV-MAMA

dark current

detector described

O

ocrreject task 1, 2, 3

odelaytime task 1, 2

operations & calibration timeline

oref 1, 2, 3

orientation

spacecraft

spectral traces 1, 2, 3

overscan subtraction

P

paper products

pp_dads task

parallel observations

peakup

exposures

images 1, 2

p-flat 1, 2, 3

pfltfile flat field

photcorr

photometry header keywords

pipeline processing

overview

pixels

MAMA high res

MAMA native format 1, 2

native format, MAMA

proposal keywords

compared to Phase II

R

read noise, CCD

recalibrating 1, 2, 3

see also "calibration"

recalibration

reference file

header keywords

retrieving 1, 2, 3

repeat exposure

MAMA

resolution

time

rptcorr

S

sc2dcorr

scattered light correction

echelle 1, 2

sgeocorr

sgraph task 1, 2

shadcorr

shading correction

shading correction, CCD

shifts, correcting along the dispersion direction

side 2

failure

operations

slit wheel

slitless spectral images

software

basic2d

calstis 1, 2

catfits 1, 2

chcalpar

data analysis

data reduction

daydark

defringe

echplot

epix

hedit

hstephem

igi

imcalc

infostis

inttag

listarea

listpix 1, 2

mkfringeflat

mktrace 1, 2

multidrizzle 1, 2, 3

multispec 1, 2, 3

nfit1d

normspflat

ocrreject

paper products

prepspec

sgraph 1, 2

specfit 1, 2, 3, 4

spectral analysis tasks

spectral display tasks

splot 1, 2

stisnoise

STIS-specific STSDAS tasks

table tools 1, 2, 3

tastis 1, 2

thedit

time-tag analysis tasks

timing analysis tasks

tlcol

tomultispec 1, 2

tread 1, 2

ttools

tximage

updates

wavecal 1, 2, 3

wx2d 1, 2

x1d 1, 2

x2d 1, 2

spatial accuracies

specfit task 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

spectra

analysis tasks

extracted 1-D

splicing

spectral background

extraction regions, changing default

interpolation, changing

smoothing, changing default

subtraction

spectral images

combining

combining dithered

improving rectification

long-slit, rectification

spatial information

units and conversions

wavelength information

spectroscopic capabilities

spectrum, locating in cross-dispersion direction

splicing spectra

splot task 1, 2

static archive

subarray

T

table software tools 1, 2

target acquisition

accuracies

basics

data, analysis of

images 1, 2

procedure

tastis

using images to analyze guiding

tastis task 1, 2

TDS

see "time dependent sensitivity correction"

tilt, slit 1, 2, 3

time correction

barycentric

heliocentric

time dependent sensitivity

correction 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

time-tag

calibration

converting data to image

dark current subtraction

data

data format 1, 2

data, analysis tasks 1, 2

data, converting to image

data, echelle

data, working with

doppler shift correction

inttag task

inttag, integrate event list to form image

light delay correction

merging event tables

mode

odelaytime

tomultispec task 1, 2

trace rotation 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

trailer files

tread task

typographic conventions

in this manual 1, 2

U

undersampled spectra 1, 2, 3, 4

undithered spectral images, combining

units

cgs flux

direct imaging data

extracted spectrum table

imaging data

imaging sensitivity

science extension table columns

spectral imaging data

spectral sensitivity

time-tag data

user frame

user support

help desk

V

vehicle frame

W

warning

types in this document

wavecal

auto-wavecal

correcting shifts along dispersion direction

correction, wavecorr

wavelength calibration

exposure 1, 2, 3, 4

GO-

GO- association 1, 2

GO- association, association

GO-wavecal

header keyword

HITM lamps and external illumination

processing 1, 2, 3

routine wavecal

task 1, 2, 3, 4

zero point 1, 2

wavecal task

wavecorr

wavelength

accuracies

wx2d task 1, 2, 3

X

x1d

data files, reading

recalibrating

task 1, 2, 3, 4

x1dcorr

x2d task 1, 2

x2dcorr

Z

zero point

Symbols

_sx1 data table columns

_tag data table columns

_trl files

_x1d data table columns 1, 2, 3

_x1d files, working with