Space Telescope Science Institute  Part III:   Supporting Material Basic Operating Modes

Chapter 11: 
Data Taking


In this chapter. . .
Basic Operating Modes
Exposure Sequences and Contemporaneous Calibrations
Patterns and Dithering
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.


Part III:   Supporting Material Basic Operating Modes
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