Cosmic Origins Spectrograph Instrument Handbook for Cycle 17

Chapter 8:
Observing Strategy and Phase I

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8.1 Designing a COS Observing Proposal
    8.1.1 Identify the science requirements and COS configuration
    8.1.2 Use of Available-but-Unsupported capabilities
    8.1.3 Calculate exposure time and assess feasibility
    8.1.4 Identify the need for additional exposures
    8.1.5 Estimating data volume
    8.1.6 Determine total orbit request
8.2 Bright-Object Protection
    8.2.1 Limiting magnitudes and bright object limits
8.3 Patterns and Dithering
8.4 A "Road Map" for Optimizing Observations
    8.4.1 Get the tools and rules
    8.4.2 Choose instrument configurations
8.5 Parallel Observations While Using COS