STIS Instrument Handbook

Version 23.0 – December 2023
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Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph Instrument Handbook for Cycle 32


Table of Contents



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Additional Resources

Information and other resources are available from the STScI STIS website.

Revision History

Version

Date

Editor

23.0December 2023Sophia Medallon, Emily Rickman, Jacqueline Brown
22.0February 2023Sophia Medallon, Dan Welty
21.0January 2022Laura Prichard, Dan Welty, Amy Jones
20.0January 2021Doug Branton and Allyssa Riley
19.0December 2019Allyssa Riley
18.0January 2019Allyssa Riley

17.0

May 2018

Allyssa Riley

16.0

January 2017

Allyssa Riley

15.0

January 2016

J. Biretta

14.0

January 2015

J. Biretta

13.0

January 2014

Svea Hernandez

12.0

December 2012

Svea Hernandez

11.0

December 2011

Justin Ely

10.0

December 2010

K. Azalee Bostroem

9.0

January 2010

Charles Proffitt

8.0

December 2007

Jessica Kim Quijano, Sherie Holfeltz, and Jesús Maíz-Apellániz

7.0

October 2003

Jessica Kim Quijano and Bahram Mobasher

6.0

October 2002

Charles Proffitt

5.1

July 2001

Claus Leitherer

5.0

June 2001

Claus Leitherer

4.1

July 2000

Claus Leitherer

4.0

June 2000

Claus Leitherer

3.0

June 1999

Kailash Sahu

2.0

June 1998

Nolan Walborn and Stefi Baum

1.0

June 1996

Stefi Baum

Citation

In publications, refer to this document as:

  • Medallon, S., Rickman, E., and Brown, J. et al. 2023 "STIS Instrument Handbook," Version 23.0, (Baltimore: STScI)