ISR 2025-01: STIS Cycle 30 Calibration Programs
January 21, 2025D. Welty, R. Bohlin, J. Carlberg, M. Dallas, S. Hernandez, A. Jones, S. Lockwood, S. Medallon, E. Rickman, D. Stapleton, T. Wheeler
We discuss the suite of STIS calibration programs executed during HST Cycle 30, covering the period 2022 Nov 07 through 2023 Nov 05. For each of the 19 current regular calibration programs, we provide brief descriptions of the objectives, observations, analysis procedures, and results – with comparisons to the results from previous cycles and to desired accuracies, as well as references to more detailed analyses of the calibration data. Many of these calibration programs produce routine reference file deliveries or demonstrate the continuing applicability of existing reference files for processing STIS observations. This ISR provides a brief snapshot of the current instrument performance, similar to those given in annual reports for Cycles 7–10 and 17–21. Two Appendices briefly discuss the state of the onboard calibration lamps and the ongoing major effort to revise the flux calibration for the many STIS spectroscopic and imaging modes.