Index

Numerics

0.1X0.03 Aperture

0.2X0.05ND Aperture

0.2X0.06 Aperture

0.2X0.06FP(A-E) Apertures

0.2X0.09 Aperture

0.2X0.2 Aperture 1, 2

0.2X0.2FP(A-E) Apertures

0.3X0.05ND Aperture

11.4 Fixing Orientation on the Sky

52X0.05 Aperture

52X0.05D1 Aperture

52X0.05E1 Aperture 1, 2, 3, 4

52X0.1 Aperture

52X0.1D1 Aperture

52X0.1E1 Aperture 1, 2, 3, 4

52X0.2 Aperture

52X0.2D1 Aperture

52X0.2E1 Aperture 1, 2, 3, 4

52X0.2E2 Aperture 1, 2

52X0.2F1 Aperture 1, 2, 3, 4

52X0.5 Aperture

52X0.5D1 Aperture

52X0.5E1 Aperture 1, 2, 3

52X0.5E2 Aperture 1, 2

52X2 Aperture

52X2D1 Aperture

52X2E1 Aperture 1, 2, 3

52X2E2 Aperture 1, 2

6X0.2 Aperture

A

ACCUM mode 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

accuracies

target acquisition

accuracy

annealing

aperture 1, 2

see also "filter"

slit wheel 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

auto-wavecals

available-but-unsupported apertures

B

background

bandpass 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

bars

52X0.2F1 1, 2, 3, 4

coronagraphic mask 1, 2, 3

fiducials 1, 2

bias 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

overscan 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

binning 1, 2

breathing

bright object limits 1, 2

imaging

spectroscopic

buffer 1, 2, 3

BUFFER-TIME

C

calibration

exposures

ground testing

pipeline

scattered light correction

SMOV

calibration lamp 1, 2

also see flat fields for krypton and deuterium 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

calstis

CCD

ACCUM

bias

bias234

binning

charge transfer efficiency

cosmic rays 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

CR-SPLIT 1, 2, 3, 4

CTE 1, 2

detector 1, 2

fringe flat fields

fringing

gain 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

ghost images 1, 2

hot pixel

performance

plate scale 1, 2

saturation 1, 2

sensitivity

shutter 1, 2, 3, 4

spectral response

subarrays

CCDGAIN

charge transfer efficiency

checkbox

conventions

nomenclature

coronagraph

wedge

coronagraphic

imaging

observations

COS

compared to STIS

count rate

determination

global 1, 2, 3

local

MAMA

cross-dispersers

cross-dispersion

cross-dispersion profiles

CR-SPLIT

CTE 1, 2

CVZ (Continuous Viewing Zone) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

D

D1 aperture positions 1, 2, 3

dark current 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

darks

daily dark

superdark 1, 2

Data Number (DN) 1, 2, 3

data storage

detector

background

CCD 1, 2

MAMA

detectors

CCD

parallel operation 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

diffraction 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

diffuse acquisition

distortion

dither 1, 2

dithering 1, 2

Doppler Correction

drift rates 1, 2

dynamic-range 1, 2

E

E1 aperture positions 1, 2, 3, 4

E140H grating 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

E140M grating 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

E2 aperture positions 1, 2, 3

E230H grating 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

E230M grating 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

earthshine

echelle

order overlap

scattered light

scattered light correction

efficiency

encircled energy 1, 2, 3, 4

Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) 1, 2

exposure times

extended source 1, 2, 3, 4

extinction 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

F

fiducials 1, 2, 3

field of view

HST

filter

25MAMA 1, 2, 3, 4

25MAMAD1

50CCD

50CORON 1, 2

F25CIII 1, 2, 3

F25CN182 1, 2

F25CN270 1, 2

F25LYA

F25MGII 1, 2

F25ND3 1, 2

F25ND5 1, 2

F25QTZ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

F25QTZD1

F25SRF2 1, 2

F25SRF2D1

F28X50OII

F28X50OIII 1, 2

neutral density 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

FITS

data files 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

fixed-pattern 1, 2, 3

flat field

krypton and deuterium 1, 2

flat field calibration

focus 1, 2

FP-SPLIT

apertures 1, 2, 3

fringe amplitudes

fringe flat 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

fringing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

full well

CCD saturation 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

FUV-MAMA 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35

G

G140L grating 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

G140M grating 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

G230L grating 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36

G230LB grating 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

G230M grating 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32

G230MB grating 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

G430L grating 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

G430M grating 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

G750L grating 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19

G750M grating 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

geocoronal emission 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

geometric distortion

ghost image 1, 2, 3

GO wavecals

grating wheel 1, 2, 3

ground testing 1, 2, 3

H

help desk 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

highres

sampling 1, 2, 3, 4

high-time-resolution 1, 2

HITM

calibration 1, 2, 3

hot pixels

I

imaging

central wavelength

coronagraphic

filters

FWHM

limiting magnitudes

overview

red leak

sensitivity limits

interstellar extinction

L

light path

Limiting magnitudes

linearity

also see non-linearity 1, 2, 3, 4

line-spread function 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

long-slit echelle

LOW-SKY

M

MAMA

ACCUM

bright object limits 1, 2, 3

BUFFER-TIME

dark current 1, 2, 3

detector

highres

non-linearity

parallel observations

performance

plate scale

read time

saturation

sensitivity

spectral offset

spectral response

Time-Tag

mask

also see coronagraph 1, 2, 3, 4

coronagraphic

memory 1, 2, 3, 4

microchannel 1, 2, 3, 4

moving targets

MSM (mode selection mechanism) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

multispec task

N

non-linearity

MAMA 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

nonuniformity 1, 2, 3, 4

NUV-MAMA 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57

O

occultation

occulting

occulting bar

see fiducial or coronagraph 1, 2

operating modes

optical design

orbits

CCD/MAMA

maximum number

orbit-time determination

ORIENT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

orientation 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

overheads 1, 2, 3, 4

overillumination

overlight 1, 2

P

parallel observations 1, 2, 3, 4

CCD

coordinated 1, 2

pure

pattern 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

patterns

generic

LINE

SPIRAL

imaging

STIS-CCD-BOX

STIS-MAMA-BOX

STIS-SPIRAL-DITH

spectroscopic

STIS-ALONG-SLIT

STIS-PERP-TO-SLIT

peakup 1, 2

exposure time

Phase I 1, 2

preparation

Phase II

preparation

photocathode 1, 2

pipeline calibration

planetary targets 1, 2, 3

Plate scale, spectroscopic

plate scales

point source 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22

point source acquisitions

point spread function 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32

position angle

POS-TARG

precision

prism 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

proposal

observing sequence

overheads 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

parallel observations 1, 2

Phase II

pseudo-apertures 1, 2

D1 apertures 1, 2

E1 CTE positions 1, 2, 3

E2 CTE positions 1, 2

Q

quantum efficiency (QE) 1, 2, 3

R

read noise 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

readout 1, 2, 3, 4

red leak 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

reflection

repeatability 1, 2, 3

repeller wire 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

resolution 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47

S

saturation 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21

scattered light 1, 2, 3

scattered light correction

echelle

scheduling policies

Section 12.8 1, 2, 3

Section 4.2.2

Section 4.2.3

Section 7.6

sensitivity

time dependence 1, 2

units 1, 2

shadow 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

signal-to-noise 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60

determination

high 1, 2, 3

sky background 1, 2

slit

see aperture 1, 2, 3

slit wheel

slitless spectroscopy

SMOV

solar system targets

solar-blind 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

solar-system

target acquisition

South Atlantic Anomaly 1, 2

spatial profiles 1, 2

spectral purity 1, 2, 3

spectroscopy

echelle

first-order

gratings

limiting magnitudes

objective-prism

overview

sensitivity limits

slitless 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

spatially resolved 1, 2, 3

spectral range

spectral resolution

stability 1, 2, 3, 4

STIS compared to COS

STMAG system 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64

STSDAS 1, 2, 3, 4

supported apertures

T

Table 4.1

target acquisition 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

accuracies

ACQ 1, 2, 3, 4

centering 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

checkbox 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

diffuse

dwell point

exposure time

flux-weighted centroid 1, 2

moving targets

offset 1, 2

peakdown

peakup

point

target-of-opportunity 1, 2

TAS (Target Acquisition Simulator) 1, 2

tastis 1, 2, 3

TDS 1, 2

throughput

spectroscopy

tilt

primary

secondary

see scan 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

time-resolved observations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

TIME-TAG 1, 2, 3, 4

transmission

U

undersampling 1, 2

user support

help desk

W

wavecal 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

automatic 1, 2, 3, 4

zero point 1, 2

zero-points 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

wavelength calibration 1, 2

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Z

zodiacal light 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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