11.1 Overview
Raw COS data are processed through the STScI Data Processing pipeline. Data first undergo Generic Conversion, by which bits from individual exposures are unpacked and combined into files containing raw, uncalibrated data. Next, the raw files are processed through the COS calibration pipeline, calcos, which performs image and spectroscopic reduction to produce output files useful for scientific analysis. Finally, the data are ingested into the Hubble Data Archive through the Data Archive and Distribution System (DADS). This system populates a database containing header keywords that is accessible to users via the Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST). Both calibrated and uncalibrated data are then available for distribution by MAST to the user.
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COS Instrument Handbook
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: An Introduction to COS
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Chapter 2: Special Considerations for Cycle 28
- • 2.1 COS FUV Detector Lifetime Positions
- • 2.2 Central Wavelength Settings Added in Cycle 26
- • 2.3 Use of the G285M Grating is Discouraged
- • 2.4 COS Observations Below 1150 Angstroms: Resolution and Wavelength Calibration Issues
- • 2.5 Time-Dependent Sensitivity Changes
- • 2.6 Spectroscopic Use of the Bright Object Aperture
- • 2.7 Non-Optimal Observing Scenarios
- • 2.8 NUV Spectroscopic Acquisitions
- • 2.9 SNAP, TOO, and Unpredictable Source Programs with COS
- • 2.10 Choosing between COS and STIS
- Chapter 3: Description and Performance of the COS Optics
- Chapter 4: Description and Performance of the COS Detectors
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Chapter 5: Spectroscopy with COS
- • 5.1 The Capabilities of COS
- • 5.2 TIME-TAG vs. ACCUM Mode
- • 5.3 Valid Exposure Times
- • 5.4 Estimating the BUFFER-TIME in TIME-TAG Mode
- • 5.5 Spanning the Gap with Multiple CENWAVE Settings
- • 5.6 FUV Single-Segment Observations
- • 5.7 Internal Wavelength Calibration Exposures
- • 5.8 Fixed-Pattern Noise
- • 5.9 COS Spectroscopy of Extended Sources
- • 5.10 Wavelength Settings and Ranges
- Chapter 6: Imaging with COS
- Chapter 7: Exposure-Time Calculator - ETC
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Chapter 8: Target Acquisitions
- • 8.1 Introduction
- • 8.2 Target Acquisition Overview
- • 8.3 ACQ SEARCH Acquisition Mode
- • 8.4 ACQ IMAGE Acquisition Mode
- • 8.5 ACQ PEAKXD Acquisition Mode
- • 8.6 ACQ PEAKD Acquisition Mode
- • 8.7 Exposure Times
- • 8.8 Centering Accuracy and Data Quality
- • 8.9 Recommended Parameters for all COS TA Modes
- • 8.10 Special Cases
- Chapter 9: Scheduling Observations
- Chapter 10: Bright-Object Protection
- Chapter 11: Data Products and Data Reduction
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Chapter 12: The COS Calibration Program
- • 12.1 Introduction
- • 12.2 Ground Testing and Calibration
- • 12.3 SMOV4 Testing and Calibration
- • 12.4 COS Monitoring Programs
- • 12.5 Cycle 17 Calibration Program
- • 12.6 Cycle 18 Calibration Program
- • 12.7 Cycle 19 Calibration Program
- • 12.8 Cycle 20 Calibration Program
- • 12.9 Cycle 21 Calibration Program
- • 12.10 Cycle 22 Calibration Program
- • 12.11 Cycle 23 Calibration Program
- • 12.12 Cycle 24 Calibration Program
- • 12.13 Cycle 25 Calibration Program
- • 12.14 Cycle 26 Calibration Program
- • 12.15 Cycle 27 Calibration Program
- Chapter 13: Spectroscopic Reference Material
- • Glossary