FOC Instrument Handbook
Version 6.0
A. Nota
R. Jedrzejewski
W. Hack
FOC Group
Science Support Division
3700 San Martin Drive
Baltimore, Maryland 21218
About this Document
The FOC Instrument Handbook version 6.0, dated June 1995,
provides the latest information on the Faint Object Camera for use in
preparing proposals for Cycle 6 of the HST observing program. It also
contains a great deal of information relevant to analyzing FOC data,
such as encircled energy curves for photometric analysis.
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Versions
This FOC Instrument Handbook supersedes all previous
post-COSTAR versions. If a conflict exists between this
document and another, the document with the latest issue
date should be accepted.
STScI Contacts for Assistance
General Instrument Questions
Proposal Scheduling Questions
Any Question
Revision History
- 1.0, May 1985, F. Paresce
- 2.0, April 1990, F. Paresce
- 3.0, April 1992, F. Paresce
- 4.0, February 1993, A. Nota, R. Jedrzejewski, W. Hack
- 5.0, May 1994, A. Nota, R. Jedrzejewski, P. Greenfield, W. Hack
- 6.0, June 1995, A. Nota, R. Jedrzejewski, W. Hack
- CHAPTER 1: -
Handbook Reference
Guide
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- What is the FOC?
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- Why Use the FOC?
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- What other Imaging Capabilities does HST Offer?
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- What is the Actual Performance of the FOC?
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- How do I Calculate the FOC Exposure Times?
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- What features of the FOC have been calibrated?
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- Where can I get Updated Information on the FOC?
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- Where is information about pre-COSTAR FOC data?
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- What's New with the FOC Handbook?
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- What Considerations Should be Made in Preparing an FOC Observing Proposal?
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- CHAPTER 2: -
COSTAR
Overview
- CHAPTER 3: -
Instrument
Overview
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- CHAPTER 4: -
Detailed Instrument Description
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- Transfer Optics
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- Focal Plane Apertures
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- Internal Calibration System
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- Filter Wheels
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- Long Slit Spectrographic Facility
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- Detectors
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- Video Processing Unit
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- Science Data Store
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- CHAPTER 5: -
Observing
Arrangements
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- Imaging, Occultation and Spectrographic Modes
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- Target Acquisition Modes
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- FOC Target Acquisition Apertures
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- CHAPTER 6: -
Instrument
Performance
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- The Point Spred Function
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- Dynamic Range
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- Absolute Quantum Efficiency
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- Detector Background
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- Stray Light
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- Detector Overload
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- Overhead Times and Multiple Exposures
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- Guiding Modes with the FOC
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- Uniformity of Response (Flat Fielding)
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- Visible Leaks
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- Geometric Distortion and Stability
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- Plate Scale
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- Current F/48 Performance
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- CHAPTER 7: -
Observer's
Guide
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- Point Sources
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- Extended Sources
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- CHAPTER 8: -
FOC Exposure Time
Simulators
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- SYNPHOT
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- FOCSIM
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- WWW Form for FOCSIM
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- Limiting Magnitudes
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- Objective Prism Image Simulation
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- CHAPTER 9: -
FOC WWW
Pages
- CHAPTER 10: -
FOC Data Analysis
and Products
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- Pipeline Processing
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- General Procedures
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- CHAPTER 11: -
FOC Calibration:
Status and Accuracies
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- Current Calibration Status
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- Calibration Accuracies
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- CHAPTER 12: -
Acknowledgments and Figures
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