Chapter 12:
Special Uses of STIS
12.1 Slitless First-Order Spectroscopy
12.2 Long-Slit Echelle Spectroscopy
12.3 Time-Resolved Observations
12.4 Observing Too-Bright Objects with STIS
12.5 High Signal-to-Noise Ratio Observations
12.5.1 Dithering
12.5.2 FP-SPLIT Slits for Echelle Observations
12.6 Improving the Sampling of the Line-Spread Function
12.7 Considerations for Observing Planetary Targets
12.7.1 Long-Slit Spectroscopy
12.8 Parallel Observing with STIS
12.8.1 Using STIS in Parallel with Other Instruments
12.8.2 The STIS Archival Pure Parallel Program
12.9 Coronagraphic Spectroscopy
12.10 Coronagraphic Imaging-50CORON
In this chapter we describe some of the nonstandard uses of STIS and provide guidance in the use of the standard capabilities for specific scientific purposes.
