Chapter 11:
Data Taking
11.1 Basic Operating Modes
11.1.1 CCD ACCUM Mode
11.1.2 MAMA ACCUM Mode
11.1.3 MAMA TIME-TAG Mode
11.2 Exposure Sequences and Contemporaneous
Calibrations
11.2.1 Auto-Wavecals
11.2.2 CR-SPLIT
11.2.3 Fringe Flat Fields
11.2.4 Repeat Exposures
11.3 Patterns and Dithering
11.3.1 STIS Imaging Patterns
11.3.2 STIS Spectroscopic Patterns
11.3.3 Generic Patterns
11.3.4 Combining Patterns
11.3.5 Dither Strategies
11.4 Fixing Orientation on the Sky
In this chapter we describe the basic ways in which data can be taken with STIS. Included are descriptions of the operating modes of the STIS CCD and MAMAs, the use of subarrays, taking of time-resolved data, associated exposures in a series, automatic and extra wavecals, fringe flats, the use of patterns and dithering, and fixing the slit orientation on the sky.
