STIS Instrument Handbook
December 2012

Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph Instrument Handbook for Cycle 21

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Revision History

Version	Date	Editor
12.0	December 2012	Svea Hernandez
11.0	December 2011	Justin Ely
10.0	December 2010	K. Azalee Bostroem
9.0	January 2010	Charles Proffitt
8.0	December 2007	Jessica Kim Quijano, Sherie Holfeltz, and Jesús Maíz-Apellániz
7.0	October 2003	Jessica Kim Quijano and Bahram Mobasher
6.0	October 2002	Charles Proffitt
5.1	July 2001	Claus Leitherer
5.0	June 2001	Claus Leitherer
4.1	July 2000	Claus Leitherer
4.0	June 2000	Claus Leitherer
3.0	June 1999	Kailash Sahu
2.0	June 1998	Nolan Walborn and Stefi Baum
1.0	June 1996	Stefi Baum

Authorship

This document is written and maintained by the COS/STIS Team in the Instruments Division of STScI with the assistance of associates in the Operations and Engineering Division. Contributions to the current edition were made by A. Aloisi, R. Bohlin, A. Bostroem, R. Diaz, V. Dixon, J. Ely, P. Goudfrooij, S. Hernandez, P. Hodge, D. Lennon, C. Long, S. Niemi, R. Osten, C. Proffitt, N. Walborn, T. Wheeler, B. York, and W. Zheng.

Citation

In publications, refer to this document as:

Hernandez, S., et al. 2012, “STIS Instrument Handbook”, Version 12.0, (Baltimore: STScI).