Advanced Camera for Surveys Instrument Handbook for Cycle 14

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

Index

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A

AB(nu) 1, 2, 3

Abberrated Beam Coronagraph 1

Aberration Correction 1

ABMAG 1, 2

ACCUM mode

HRC 1

SBC 1

WFC 1

Accuracies

HRC 1

SBC 1

WFC 1

ACQ mode

effective neutral density filters 1

HRC 1

Analysis 1

Annealing

HRC 1

WFC 1

Apertures

HRC 1, 2

SBC 1

WFC 1, 2

A-to-D Converter

HRC 1, 2

WFC 1, 2

Auto-Parallels 1

B

Bandpass 1, 2, 3

Blooming 1

BOP

exceeding bright object limits 1

screening 1, 2

solar system objects 1

Bright Object Protection 1

global limit 1

limiting V magnitudes 1

local limit 1

Buffer

compression 1

HRC 1

internal memory 1

overheads 1

SBC 1

C

CALACS

flow diagram CCD 1

Switches 1

Calibration

accuracies 1

ground testing 1

lamps 1

non-science exposures 1

outsourcing 1

pipeline 1

polarizers 1

SMOV3B 1

Call for Proposals (CP) 1

Capabilities

coronagraphy 1

imaging 1

polarimetry 1

spectroscopy 1

CCDs

HRC. See HRC1

WFC. See WFC1

CDBS 1

Charge Transfer Efficiency 1

Comparison of Instruments 1

Coordinated Parallels 1

Coronagraph

design 1

Coronagraphy

exposure time calculation 1

Lyot stop 1

occulting finger 1

occulting masks 1

PSF 1

target acquisition 1, 2

Cosmic Rays

HRC 1

WFC 1

Cosmic rays 1

Count Rate Limits

SBC 1, 2

CR-SPLIT 1, 2, 3, 4

CTE 1, 2

Cycle 12

calibration plan 1

Cycle 13

calibration plan 1

scheduling policies 1

Cycle 14

calibration plan 1

D

Dark Current

HRC 1

SBC 1

WFC 1

Data 1, 2

Data Number (DN) 1, 2, 3

Data Quality (DQ) 1

Data Storage

buffer size 1

Data Transfer 1

Data Volume 1

Detectors

HRC. See HRC1, 2

SBC. See SBC1, 2

WFC. see WFC1

Dithering

goals 1

strategy 1

STSDAS dither package 1

Documentation

FAQs 1

requesting 1

world wide web 1

Drizzle 1

Dynamic Range 1

E

Earthshine 1, 2

Encircled Energy

models 1

Exposure Time Calculator (ETC) 1

bright object limits 1

examples 1

sky backgrounds 1

Exposures

calibration 1

overheads 1

target-acquisition 1

Extinction 1

F

FAQs 1

Field of View (FOV)

HRC 1, 2, 3

HST 1

SBC 1, 2, 3

WFC 1, 2, 3

Filter Wheel

SBC 1

WFC/HRC 1

Filters 1, 2, 3

HRC/F220W 1, 2

HRC/F250W 1

HRC/F330W 1

HRC/F344N 1

HRC/F435W 1

HRC/F475W 1

HRC/F502N 1

HRC/F550M 1

HRC/F555W 1

HRC/F606W 1

HRC/F625W 1

HRC/F658N 1

HRC/F660N 1

HRC/F775W 1

HRC/F814W 1

HRC/F850LP 1

HRC/F892N 1

HRC/G800L 1

HRC/PR200L 1

Johnson-Cousins 1

narrow-band 1

Ramp Filters

HRC 1

WFC 1

SBC Summary Table 1

SBC/F115LP 1

SBC/F122M 1

SBC/F125LP 1

SBC/F140LP 1

SBC/F150LP 1

SBC/F165LP 1

SBC/PR110LP 1

SBC/PR130LP 1

Sloan Digital Sky Survey 1

WFC/F435W 1

WFC/F475W 1

WFC/F502N 1

WFC/F550M 1

WFC/F555W 1

WFC/F606W 1

WFC/F625W 1

WFC/F658N 1

WFC/F660N 1

WFC/F775W 1

WFC/F814W 1

WFC/F850LP 1

WFC/G800L 1

WFC/HRC Summary Table 1

Flat Field

general 1

HRC 1

SBC 1

WFC 1

Fringing 1

Full Well 1, 2

Full Width Half Maximum (FWHM)

HRC 1

WFC 1

G

Gain

HRC 1, 2

WFC 1

Geocoronal emission 1

Geometric Distortion

HRC 1

PSF 1

temporal changes 1

WFC 1

Ground Testing 1

H

Help Desk 1

Hot Pixels 1

HRC

ACCUM 1

accuracies 1

ACQ mode 1

apertures 1, 2

A-to-D converter 1

buffer 1

characteristics 1, 2

coating 1

cosmic rays 1

dark current 1

description 1

flat field 1

fringing 1

full well 1

full width half maximum (FWHM) 1

gain 1

hot pixels 1

multiple electron events 1, 2

occulting masks 1

physical overscan 1

plate scale 1

point spread function 1

QEH 1

ramp filters 1

read noise 1

readout 1

red leaks 1

saturation 1

spectral response 1

subarrays 1

virtual overscan 1

I

Imaging

caveats 1

filters 1, 2, 3

HRC detector 1

limiting magnitude 1

saturation 1

SBC detector 1

signal-to-noise 1

throughput 1

WFC detector 1

Instrument 1

Integrated System Throughput 1

L

Lamps

deuterium 1

tungsten 1

Light Paths 1, 2

Limiting Magnitudes 1

Linearity

CCDs 1

SBC 1

LOW-SKY 1

Lyot Stop 1

M

Magnitude 1

MAMA. See SBC1

Memory.See Buffer1

N

NICMOS

characteristics 1

comparison 1

Non-linearity

SBC 1

O

Observing Considerations

coronagraph 1

dithering 1

pattern 1

Observing Strategy 1

Observing Techniques

coronagraphy 1

On-The-Fly-Reprocessing (OTFR) 1

Optical Path

HRC/SBC 1

WFC 1

Optics

coronagraph 1

corrective optics 1

fold mirror 1

HRC/SBC 1

spherical aberration 1

WFC 1

Orbit-Time Determination 1

ORIENT 1

Orientation

computing 1

ORIENTAT 1

PA_APER 1

Overheads

buffer size 1

examples 1

types 1

P

Parallel Observations

coordinated parallels 1

pointing 1

pure parallels 1

visual target tuner 1

Parallel Observing 1

Patterns 1

Phase I

bright object limits 1

preparation 1, 2, 3

Phase II

bright object limits 1

preparation 1

Photometry

accuracy 1

encircled energy 1, 2

zero point 1

Pipeline

data products 1

see calacs 1

storage requirements 1

Pivot Wavelength 1

Pixel Response Function (PRF) 1

Plate Scale 1

Point Spread Function (PSF)

HRC 1

WFC 1

Pointing Stability 1

Polarimetry

Calibration 1

filters 1, 2

FOV 1

throughput 1

Policy

CCD

auto-parallels 1

SBC

bright-object protection 1

coronagraph 1

parallel observing 1

Post-flash 1

Precision 1

Proposal 1

BOP 1

exposure time 1

feasibility 1

Phase I 1

Phase II 1

subarrays 1

tradeoffs 1

Proposals

calibration exposures 1

PSF

coronagraphy 1

encircled energy 1

geometric distortion 1

HRC halo 1

models 1

PRF 1

residual aberrations 1

SBC halo 1

TinyTIM 1, 2

WFC halo 1

Pure Parallels

pure parallel program 1

Q

Quantum Efficiency Hysteresis 1

R

Ramp Filters

aperture location 1

apertures 1

See Filters1

Read Noise 1

Readout Time 1, 2

Red Leaks

HRC 1

SBC 1

S

Saturation

CCDs 1

SBC 1

SBC

ACCUM mode 1, 2

Accuracies 1

accuracies 1

apertures 1

BOP 1

buffer 1

characteristics 1, 2

description 1

flat field 1

global count rate 1

limiting count rates 1

local count rate 1

microchannel plate 1

PSF 1, 2

red leaks 1

repeller wire 1, 2

signal-to-noise ratio 1

spectral response 1

Scheduling

SBC considerations 1

Sensitivity

HRC/G800L 1, 2

HRC/PR 200L 1

WFC/G800L 1, 2, 3

Shutter 1

Signal-to-Noise 1

sky background 1

SMOV3B

proposals 1

Solar System Objects 1

South Atlantic Anomaly 1

Spectral Response. See Imaging throughput 1

Spectroscopy

HRC 1

SBC 1

WFC 1

ST-ECF

help desk 1

STIS 1

characteristics 1

comparison 1

filter curves 1

Subarrays

amplifier 1

coronagraph 1

data volume 1

HRC 1

overscan 1

Synphot 1

T

Target ACQ

accuracy 1

aperture 1

coronagraph 1

ramp filters 1

Terms used in this manual 1

TinyTIM 1, 2

Tools 1

Transmission Curves

broad-band filters 1

medium-band filters 1

narrow-band filters 1

SBC filters 1

SDSS filters 1

U

Undersampling 1, 2

User Support

help desk 1

W

WFC

ACCUM 1

accuracies 1

apertures 1, 2

characteristics 1, 2

cosmic rays 1

dark current 1

description 1

flat field 1

fringing 1

full well 1

full width half maximum (FWHM) 1

hot pixels 1

physical overscan 1

plate scale 1

point spread function 1

QEH 1

ramp filters 1

read noise 1

readout 1

saturation 1

spectral response 1

virtual overscan 1

WFC/HRC Summary Table 1

WFPC2

characteristics 1

comparison 1

filter curves 1

WWW pages 1

Z

Zodiacal Light 1, 2

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