ACS Calibration Plans by Cycle

The calibration plan for a given HST cycle consists of several proposals designed to execute exposures like darks, biases, and flats, that are used to generate ACS superdark, superbias, and flat-field reference files. These calibration exposures are also used to monitor detector statistics, including bias, dark current, and read noise levels, as well as track CTE in the ACS/WFC, among other uses. See below for all the calibration plans executed over the lifetime of the ACS.

Cycle Summaries and Proposal Information

Date Range

11/01/2023 - 10/31/2024

 

Proposal ID Proposal Title
17331 ACS CCD Stability Monitor
17332 ACS Internal CTE Monitor
17333, 17334, 17335 ACS CCD Daily Monitor
17336 ACS External CTE Monitor
17337 ACS CCD Hot Pixel Annealing
17338 ACS SBC Photometric Monitor
17339 ACS Internal Flat Fields
17340 ACS SBC Darks
17341 ACS Photometric Calibration
17342 ACS SBC MAMA Recovery
17343 ACS Post-Flash Calibration
17344 ACS/WFC Gain Monitor
Last Updated: 11/15/2023

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