Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph Instrument Handbook for Cycle 14

Chapter 9:
Overheads and Orbit-Time Determination

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9.1 Overview
9.2 STIS Exposure Overheads
9.3 Orbit Use Determination Examples
    9.3.1 Sample Orbit Calculation 1: Long-Slit Spectroscopy of the Galaxy M86
    9.3.2 Sample Orbit Calculation 2: Low-Dispersion Spectroscopy of Solar-Analog Star P041-C
    9.3.3 Sample Orbit Calculation 3: Imaging and Spectroscopy of the Cat's Eye Planetary Nebula,
NGC 6543
    9.3.4 Sample Orbit Calculation 4: MAMA Echelle Spectroscopic Exposures in the CVZ
    9.3.5 Sample Orbit Calculation 5: Faint CCD Imaging

This chapter describes the overheads associated with STIS observations and provides examples showing how to determine the number of orbits that your program will require.

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