GHRS Instrument Handbook
D.R. Soderblom, A. Gonnella, S.J. Hulbert,
C. Leitherer, A. Schultz, and L.E. Sherbert
GHRS Group
Science Support Division
3700 San Martin Drive
Baltimore, Maryland 21218
About This Document...
Welcome to the web version of the GHRS Instrument
Handbook. Although this version retains as much
of the formatting and content of the original paper
copy as is possible, inevitably some loss occurs during
the translation. The printed version will, therefore,
usually be of better quality and utility for most
users.
Table of Contents
- CHAPTER 1: -
Introduction
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- This Handbook
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- Changes Since the Previous Version
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- Where to Find Information, Changes, Errata, etc.
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- CHAPTER 2: -
Instrument Summary -- Why Use the GHRS?
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- Fundamental Properties of the Instrument
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- A Brief Description of the Instrument and Its Operation
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- A Little About How HST and GHRS Work
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- GHRS Modes of Operation
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- Special Considerations for Cycle 6
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- CHAPTER 3: -
Writing a
Phase I Proposal
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- Planning Your Proposal: Feasibility and Strategy
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- Acquisitions
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- Calibrations
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- Exposure Estimation
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- Constructing Visits
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- CHAPTER 4: -
Your Phase II Proposal
and Using RPS2
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- Acquisitions
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- Image Mode
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- Accumulation Mode
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- Rapid Readout Mode
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- The Structure of Exposures within Orbits with RPS2
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- Examples of GHRS Phase II Proposals
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- CHAPTER 5: -
Calibration of
the GHRS
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- Sensitivity
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- Wavelengths
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- Detector Properties
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- Other Properties
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- Cycle 5 Calibration Summary and Description
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- Calibration Status
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- CHAPTER 6: -
Design and Construction of the GHRS
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- The HST Focal Plane and the GHRS Apertures
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- Gratings and Optical Elements
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- The Digicon Detectors
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- CHAPTER 7: -
Target Acquisition Reference Information
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- Predicting Target Acquisition Count Rates for Stars
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- Alternate Method for Predicting Target Acquisition Count Rates
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- Constraints on Acquisitions and the STEP-TIME Parameter
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- Acquisition Count Rates for Extended Objects
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- Other Acquisition Information
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- Obsolescent Acquisition Parameters
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- CHAPTER 8: -
Reference Information on Instrument Performance
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- Properties of the First-Order Gratings
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- Properties of the Echelle Gratings
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- Standard Patterns for Substepping and Background Measurement
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- The Effects of Reddening in the Ultraviolet
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- Instrumental Properties
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- CHAPTER 9: -
GHRS Bibliography
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- Ultraviolet Reddening and Extinction
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- GHRS-Related Technical Papers
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- GHRS Scientific Papers
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- Acknowledgments
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- APPENDIX A: -
Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
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- Blaze Function
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- Corner diodes
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- Cycles
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- CVZ
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- DEFCAL
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- Focus diodes
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- GIMP
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- GSC
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- LSA
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- OPUS
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- Phase I
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- Phase II
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- Ripple Function
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- RPS2
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- SAA
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- Science diodes
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- Side 1, Side 2
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- SPYBAL
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- SSA
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- STEIS
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- STEP-PATT
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- STEP-TIME
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- Index
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