Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph Instrument Handbook for Cycle 14

Chapter 8:
Target Acquisition

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8.1 Introduction
    8.1.1 Initial Pointing
    8.1.2 Acquisitions
    8.1.3 Peakups
    8.1.4 Drift Rates
8.2 STIS Onboard CCD Target Acquisitions (ACQ)
    8.2.1 How it Works
    8.2.2 Target-Location Algorithms
    8.2.3 Selecting Target Acquisition Parameters
    8.2.4 Specifying Acquisitions in Phase II
    8.2.5 Solar-System Acquisitions
8.3 Onboard Target Acquisition Peakups (ACQ/PEAK)
    8.3.1 Selecting Peakup Parameters
    8.3.2 Specifying Acquisition Peakups in Phase II
8.4 Determining the PLATE-ID of HST Observations
8.5 Acquisition Examples
    8.5.1 Point source Acquisition of an Isolated Object
    8.5.2 Point Source Acquisition of Bright, Isolated Object with CCD Dispersed Light Peakup
    8.5.3 Diffuse-Source Acquisition of a Spiral Galaxy
    8.5.4 Point Source Acquisition in a Crowded Field
    8.5.5 Point Source Acquisition of a QSO with Fuzz Behind the Fiduciary Bar
    8.5.6 Point Source Acquisition of a Bright, Isolated Star Into the Wedge
8.6 STIS Post-Observation Target Acquisition
Analysis
    8.6.1 Paper Products-Coarse Centering
    8.6.2 TAS-Fine Centering
    8.6.3 Did the Acquisition Succeed?

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