Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph Instrument Handbook for Cycle 14

Part II:
User's Guide

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The chapters in this part describe the basics of observing with STIS. Included are a description of the instrumental layout and basic operations, the spectroscopic and imaging capabilities of STIS, the performance and limitations of its detectors, exposure-time calculations, target acquisitions, and overhead and orbit-request determinations.

This part of the Handbook is all you need to read to plan your Phase I STIS Proposal.

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