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ACS Data Handbook
Preface
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Handbook Structure
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Typographic Conventions
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Acknowledgments
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Change Log
Chapter 1: ACS Overview
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1.1 Instrument Design and Capabilities
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1.2 Basic Instrument Operations
Chapter 2: ACS Data Structure
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2.1 Types of ACS Files
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2.2 ACS File Structure
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2.3 Data Storage Requirements
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2.4 Headers and Keywords
Chapter 3: ACS Calibration Pipeline
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3.1 Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes - MAST
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3.2 Pipeline Overview
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3.3 Structure of calacs
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3.4 calacs Processing Steps
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3.5 Manual Recalibration of ACS Data
Chapter 4: ACS Data Processing Considerations
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4.1 Read Noise and A-to-D Conversion
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4.2 Bias Issues
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4.3 Dark Current, Hot Pixels, and Cosmic Rays
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4.4 Flat-Field Reference Files
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4.5 Image Anomalies
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4.6 WFC CCD Detector Charge Transfer Efficiency - CTE
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4.7 Generic Detector and Camera Properties
Chapter 5: ACS Data Analysis
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5.1 Photometry
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5.2 Astrometry
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5.3 Polarimetry
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5.4 Coronagraphy
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5.5 Ramp Filters
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5.6 Spectroscopy with the ACS Grisms and Prisms
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