COS Instrument Handbook

Version 17 – August 2024
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Cosmic Origins Spectrograph Instrument Handbook for Cycle 33


Table of Contents


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Revision History

Version

Date

Editors

17.0August 2024Hirschauer, A. S.
16.0December 2023Hirschauer, A. S.
15.0February 2023Soderblom, D. R.
14.0January 2022James, B. L.
13.0January 2021Hirschauer, A. S.
12.1April 2020Dashtamirova, D., and Fischer, W. J.

12.0

December 2019Dashtamirova, D., and Fischer, W. J.
11.0January 2019Fischer, W. J.

10.0

May 2018

Fischer, W. J.

9.0

January 2017

Fox, A. J.

8.0

January 2016

Debes, J.

7.0

January 2015

Debes, J.

6.0

January 2014

Holland, S. T.

5.0

December 2012

Holland, S. T.

4.0

December 2011

Dixon, W. V.

3.0

December 2010

Dixon, W. V.

2.0

January 2010

Dixon, W. V., and Niemi, S.-M.

1.0

December 2007

Soderblom, D. R.

Citation

In publications, please refer to this document as:

  • Hirschauer, A. S. et al. 2024, Cosmic Origins Spectrograph Instrument Handbook, Version 17.0 (Baltimore: STScI)