Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph Instrument Handbook for Cycle 17

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Index

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Numerics

0.1X0.03 Aperture 1

0.2X0.05ND Aperture 1

0.2X0.06 Aperture 1

0.2X0.06FP(A-E) Apertures 1

0.2X0.09 Aperture 1

0.2X0.2 Aperture 1, 2

0.2X0.2FP(A-E) Apertures 1

0.3X0.05ND Aperture 1

52X0.05 Aperture 1

52X0.05D1 Aperture 1

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

52X0.1 Aperture 1

52X0.1D1 Aperture 1

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

52X0.2 Aperture 1

52X0.2D1 Aperture 1

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

52X0.2E2 Aperture 1, 2

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

52X0.5 Aperture 1

52X0.5D1 Aperture 1

52X0.5E1 Aperture 1, 2, 3

52X0.5E2 Aperture 1, 2

52X2 Aperture 1

52X2D1 Aperture 1

52X2E1 Aperture 1, 2, 3

52X2E2 Aperture 1, 2

6X0.2 Aperture 1

A

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

accuracies

target acquisition 1

accuracy 1

annealing 1

aperture 1, 2

see also "filter" 1

slit wheel 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

auto-wavecals 1

available-but-unsupported apertures 1

B

background 1

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

bars 1

52X0.2F1 1, 2, 3

coronagraphic mask 1, 2, 3

fiducials 1, 2

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

overscan 1, 2, 3

binning 1, 2

breathing 1

bright object limits 1, 2

imaging 1

spectroscopic 1

buffer 1, 2, 3

BUFFER-TIME 1

C

calibration

exposures 1

ground testing 1

pipeline 1

scattered light correction 1

SMOV 1

calibration lamp 1, 2

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

calstis 1

CCD

ACCUM 1

bias 1

binning 1

charge transfer efficiency 1

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

CR-SPLIT 1, 2, 3

CTE 1, 2

detector 1, 2

fringe flat fields 1

fringing 1

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

ghost images 1, 2

hot pixel 1, 2

performance 1

plate scale 1, 2

saturation 1, 2

sensitivity 1

shutter 1, 2, 3, 4

spectral response 1

subarrays 1

CCDGAIN 1

charge transfer efficiency 1

checkbox 1

conventions

nomenclature 1

coronagraph

wedge 1

coronagraphic

imaging 1

observations 1

count rate

determination 1

global 1, 2

local 1

MAMA 1

cross-dispersers 1

cross-dispersion 1

cross-dispersion profiles 1

CR-SPLIT 1

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

darks

daily dark 1

superdark 1, 2

Data Number (DN) 1, 2, 3

data storage 1

detector

background 1

CCD 1, 2

MAMA 1

detectors 1

CCD 1

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

diffraction 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

diffuse acquisition 1

distortion 1

dither 1, 2, 3

dithering 1, 2

Doppler Correction 1

drift rates 1, 2

dynamic-range 1

E

E1 aperture positions 1, 2, 3, 4

E140H grating 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

E140M grating 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

E2 aperture positions 1, 2, 3

E230H grating 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

E230M grating 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

earthshine 1

echelle

order overlap 1

scattered light 1

scattered light correction 1

efficiency 1

encircled energy 1, 2, 3, 4

Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) 1, 2

exposure times 1

extended source 1, 2, 3

extinction 1, 2, 3, 4

F

fiducials 1, 2

field of view

HST 1

filter

25MAMA 1, 2

25MAMAD1 1

50CCD 1

50CORON 1, 2

F25CIII 1

F25CN182 1, 2

F25CN270 1, 2

F25LYA 1

F25MGII 1

F25ND3 1, 2

F25ND5 1, 2

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

F25QTZD1 1

F25SRF2 1, 2

F25SRF2D1 1

F28X50OII 1

F28X50OIII 1

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

FITS

data files 1, 2, 3, 4

fixed-pattern 1, 2, 3, 4

flat field

krypton and deuterium 1, 2

flat field calibration 1

focus 1, 2

FP-SPLIT 1

apertures 1, 2, 3, 4

fringe amplitudes 1

fringe flat 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

fringing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

full well

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

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

G

G140L grating 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

G140M grating 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

G230L grating 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

G230LB grating 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

G230M grating 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

G230MB grating 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

G430L grating 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

G430M grating 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

G750L grating 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

G750M grating 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

geocoronal emission 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

geometric distortion 1

ghost image 1, 2

GO wavecals 1

grating wheel 1, 2

ground testing 1, 2

H

help desk 1, 2

highres 1

sampling 1, 2, 3, 4

high-time-resolution 1, 2

HITM 1

calibration 1, 2

hot pixels 1

I

imaging 1

central wavelength 1

coronagraphic 1

filters 1

FWHM 1

limiting magnitudes 1

overview 1

red leak 1

sensitivity limits 1

interstellar extinction 1

L

light path 1

Limiting magnitudes 1

linearity

also see non-linearity 1, 2, 3

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

long-slit echelle 1

LOW-SKY 1

Lyman-a geocoronal 1

M

MAMA

ACCUM 1

bright object limits 1, 2, 3

BUFFER-TIME 1

dark current 1, 2

detector 1

highres 1

non-linearity 1

parallel observations 1

performance 1

plate scale 1

read time 1

saturation 1

sensitivity 1

spectral offset 1

spectral response 1

Time-Tag 1

mask

also see coronagraph 1, 2, 3, 4

coronagraphic 1

memory 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

microchannel 1, 2, 3

moving targets 1

MSM (mode selection mechanism) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

multispec task 1

N

non-linearity

MAMA 1, 2, 3, 4

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

O

occultation 1

occulting 1, 2

occulting bar

see fiducial or coronagraph 1, 2

operating modes 1

optical design 1

orbits

CCD/MAMA 1

maximum number 1

orbit-time determination 1

ORIENT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

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

roll angle 1

overheads 1, 2

overillumination 1

overlight 1, 2

P

paper products 1

parallel observations 1, 2, 3, 4

CCD 1

coordinated 1, 2

pure 1

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

patterns 1

generic

LINE 1

SPIRAL 1

imaging

STIS-CCD-BOX 1

STIS-MAMA-BOX 1

STIS-SPIRAL-DITH 1

spectroscopic

STIS-ALONG-SLIT 1

STIS-PERP-TO-SLIT 1

peakup 1, 2

exposure time 1

Phase I 1, 2

preparation 1

Phase II 1

preparation 1

photocathode 1, 2

pipeline calibration 1

planetary targets 1, 2

Plate scale, spectroscopic 1

plate scales 1

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

point source acquisitions 1

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

position angle 1

POS-TARG 1

precision 1

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

proposal

observing sequence 1

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

parallel observations 1, 2

Phase II 1

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

readout 1, 2, 3, 4

red leak 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

reflection 1

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

S

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

scattered light 1, 2, 3

scattered light correction

echelle 1

scheduling policies 1

sensitivity 1

time dependence 1, 2, 3

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

determination 1

high 1, 2, 3

sky background 1, 2

slit

see aperture 1, 2, 3

slit wheel 1

slitless spectroscopy 1

SMOV 1

solar system targets 1

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

solar-system

target acquisition 1

South Atlantic Anomaly 1, 2

spatial profiles 1, 2

spectral purity 1, 2, 3

spectroscopy 1

echelle 1

first-order 1

gratings 1

limiting magnitudes 1

objective-prism 1

overview 1

sensitivity limits 1

slitless 1, 2, 3, 4

spatially resolved 1, 2, 3

spectral range 1

spectral resolution 1

stability 1, 2, 3, 4

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

STSDAS 1, 2, 3

supported apertures 1

T

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

accuracies 1

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

diffuse 1

dwell point 1

exposure time 1

flux-weighted centroid 1, 2

moving targets 1

offset 1, 2

peakdown 1

peakup 1

point 1

target-of-opportunity 1, 2

TAS (Target Acquisition Simulator) 1, 2

tastis 1

TDS 1, 2

throughput

spectroscopy 1

tilt

primary 1

secondary 1

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

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

TIME-TAG 1, 2, 3, 4

transmission 1, 2

U

undersampling 1, 2

user support

help desk 1

W

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

automatic 1, 2, 3, 4

zero point 1, 2

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

wavelength calibration 1, 2

Web pages 1

Z

zodiacal light 1, 2, 3