Advanced Camera for Surveys Instrument Handbook for Cycle 14

Part II:
User's Guide

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The Chapters in this Part describe the basics of observing with ACS. Included are a description of the instrumental layout and basic operations, the imaging, spectroscopic, polarimetric and coronagraphic capabilities of ACS, the performance and limitations of its detectors, exposure-time calculations, and overhead and orbit-request determinations.

This part of the Handbook is all you need to plan your Phase I ACS Proposal.

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