COS Data Handbook
Version 6.1 - September 2026
Cosmic Origins Spectrograph Data Handbook
Table of Contents
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Revision History
Version | Date | Editor |
|---|---|---|
| 6.1 | September 2026 | Nick Indriolo |
| 6.0 | August 2025 | Nick Indriolo |
| 5.1 | November 2022 | David Soderblom |
| 5.0 | August 2021 | David Soderblom |
4.0 | May 2018 | Marc Rafelski |
3.0 | October 2015 | Andrew Fox |
2.0 | January 2013 | Derck Massa, Brian York and Svea Hernandez |
1.0 | March 2009 | Brittany Shaw, Derck Massa, and Mary Elizabeth Kaiser |
Authorship
This document is written and maintained by the COS Team in the Instruments Division of STScI with the assistance of associates in the Operations and Engineering Division. Contributions to the current edition were also made by COS team members John Debes, Van Dixon, Leonardo Dos Santos, Travis Fischer, David French, Elaine Mae Frazer, Sten Hasselquist, Jacqueline Hernandez, Svea Hernandez, Robert Jedrzejewski, Christian Johnson, Lauren Miller, TalaWanda Monroe, Anna Payne, Marc Rafelski, David Sahnow, Ravi Sankrit, and Debopam Som.
Citation
In publications, please refer to this document as
- Indriolo, N., et al. 2026, COS Data Handbook, Version 6.1, (Baltimore: STScI).
- COS Data Handbook