17.3 STIS Installation and Verification (SMOV2)
The primary goal of the Second Servicing Mission’s Observatory Verification (SMOV2) was the timely commissioning of the HST observatory for normal science operations. For STIS, just installed at this time, this included testing the focus (internal and external), verifying the target acquisition procedures, monitoring instrument stability (both in terms of image motions and sensitivity), and measuring selected characteristics: plate scales, slit throughputs, line spread functions, etc. SMOV2 observations were complete by the summer of 1997. Most of the results of the calibrations were presented in the 1997 HST Calibration Workshop. A high level summary was provided in the Kimble et al. 1998 (ApJ, 492, L83) paper on STIS on-orbit performance. For an update including early Cycle 7 calibration, see also Baum et al. 1998 (SPIE, 3356, 271). Brief descriptions of the SMOV2 proposals are given in Table 17.1. Data from calibration proposals are non-proprietary, and can be obtained from the archive with the proposal IDs listed in the table.
Table 17.1: STIS SMOV2 Proposals
ID | Title |
7058 | STIS Memory Load and Dump |
7059 | Science Data Buffer Check with Self-Test |
7061 | CCD Functional |
7062 | CCD Temperature Set Point Determination |
7063, 7064 | STIS SMOV Contamination Monitor |
7065 | STIS to FGS Alignment |
7066 | STIS Acquisition Aperture and Slit Location |
7067 | STIS CCD Point Source Acquisition |
7068 | STIS CCD Diffuse Source Acquisition |
7070 | STIS CCD Coronagraphic Acquisition |
7071 | CCD Target Centering |
7073 | CCD Peakdowns for Coronagraphic Acquisition |
7075 | STIS Corrector Alignment, Coarse |
7076 | STIS Corrector Alignment, Fine |
7077, 7078 | Spectroscopic Mode Image Quality |
7079, 7080 | Camera Mode Image Quality |
7081, 7082 | Repeatability of Image Positions for STIS Modes |
7083, 7084 | Verification of Optical Format of STIS Modes |
7085, 7086 | STIS Slit to Detector Internal Stability |
7087 | OTA-STIS Pointing and Throughput Stability |
7088, 7089 | Occulting Bar Scattered Light |
7090 | PSF measurement for MAMAs |
7091 | STIS Pixel-To-Pixel Response Stability |
7092 | CCD Dark Rate and Read Noise |
7093 | Dark Measurement for MAMAs |
7094, 7096 | STIS Sensitivity On-Axis |
7095, 7097 | STIS Sensitivity (Vignetting) |
7098 | MAMA Flat-field Uniformity |
7099 | CCD Flat-field Stability |
7100 | SMOV Slit Transmission |
7101 | SMOV Slit Transmission |
7103 | STIS Mechanism Mini-Functional |
7104 | STIS Onboard Doppler Processing Checkout |
7105 | MAMA Turn-On |
7106 | STIS MAMA Fold Distribution |
7107 | STIS CCD Hot Pixel Annealing |
7108 | STIS MAMA Time Tag Mode |
7131, 7132 | STIS Imaging Mode Geometric Distortion |
7133 | STIS to FGS alignment |
7142 | CCD Flat-field Monitoring |
7143 | CCD Internal Image stability with LVPS cycling |
7144 | STIS Thermal Stability with LVPS cycling |
7147 | STIS Fine Corrector Alignment with CCD |
7148 | STIS CCD Target Acquisition Workout |
7151 | STIS CCD V2V3 Aperture Verification |
7159 | NUV-MAMA Dark Current vs. Time from SAA |
7160 | CCD Reconfiguration Effects |
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STIS Instrument Handbook
- • Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Introduction
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Chapter 2: Special Considerations for Cycle 33
- • 2.1 Impacts of Reduced Gyro Mode on Planning Observations
- • 2.2 STIS Performance Changes Pre- and Post-SM4
- • 2.3 New Capabilities for Cycle 33
- • 2.4 Use of Available-but-Unsupported Capabilities
- • 2.5 Choosing Between COS and STIS
- • 2.6 Scheduling Efficiency and Visit Orbit Limits
- • 2.7 MAMA Scheduling Policies
- • 2.8 Prime and Parallel Observing: MAMA Bright-Object Constraints
- • 2.9 STIS Snapshot Program Policies
- Chapter 3: STIS Capabilities, Design, Operations, and Observations
- Chapter 4: Spectroscopy
- Chapter 5: Imaging
- Chapter 6: Exposure Time Calculations
- Chapter 7: Feasibility and Detector Performance
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Chapter 8: Target Acquisition
- • 8.1 Introduction
- • 8.2 STIS Onboard CCD Target Acquisitions - ACQ
- • 8.3 Onboard Target Acquisition Peakups - ACQ PEAK
- • 8.4 Determining Coordinates in the International Celestial Reference System (ICRS) Reference Frame
- • 8.5 Acquisition Examples
- • 8.6 STIS Post-Observation Target Acquisition Analysis
- Chapter 9: Overheads and Orbit-Time Determination
- Chapter 10: Summary and Checklist
- Chapter 11: Data Taking
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Chapter 12: Special Uses of STIS
- • 12.1 Slitless First-Order Spectroscopy
- • 12.2 Long-Slit Echelle Spectroscopy
- • 12.3 Time-Resolved Observations
- • 12.4 Observing Too-Bright Objects with STIS
- • 12.5 High Signal-to-Noise Ratio Observations
- • 12.6 Improving the Sampling of the Line Spread Function
- • 12.7 Considerations for Observing Planetary Targets
- • 12.8 Special Considerations for Extended Targets
- • 12.9 Parallel Observing with STIS
- • 12.10 Coronagraphic Spectroscopy
- • 12.11 Coronagraphic Imaging - 50CORON
- • 12.12 Spatial Scans with the STIS CCD
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Chapter 13: Spectroscopic Reference Material
- • 13.1 Introduction
- • 13.2 Using the Information in this Chapter
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13.3 Gratings
- • First-Order Grating G750L
- • First-Order Grating G750M
- • First-Order Grating G430L
- • First-Order Grating G430M
- • First-Order Grating G230LB
- • Comparison of G230LB and G230L
- • First-Order Grating G230MB
- • Comparison of G230MB and G230M
- • First-Order Grating G230L
- • First-Order Grating G230M
- • First-Order Grating G140L
- • First-Order Grating G140M
- • Echelle Grating E230M
- • Echelle Grating E230H
- • Echelle Grating E140M
- • Echelle Grating E140H
- • PRISM
- • PRISM Wavelength Relationship
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13.4 Apertures
- • 52X0.05 Aperture
- • 52X0.05E1 and 52X0.05D1 Pseudo-Apertures
- • 52X0.1 Aperture
- • 52X0.1E1 and 52X0.1D1 Pseudo-Apertures
- • 52X0.2 Aperture
- • 52X0.2E1, 52X0.2E2, and 52X0.2D1 Pseudo-Apertures
- • 52X0.5 Aperture
- • 52X0.5E1, 52X0.5E2, and 52X0.5D1 Pseudo-Apertures
- • 52X2 Aperture
- • 52X2E1, 52X2E2, and 52X2D1 Pseudo-Apertures
- • 52X0.2F1 Aperture
- • 0.2X0.06 Aperture
- • 0.2X0.2 Aperture
- • 0.2X0.09 Aperture
- • 6X0.2 Aperture
- • 0.1X0.03 Aperture
- • FP-SPLIT Slits 0.2X0.06FP(A-E) Apertures
- • FP-SPLIT Slits 0.2X0.2FP(A-E) Apertures
- • 31X0.05ND(A-C) Apertures
- • 0.2X0.05ND Aperture
- • 0.3X0.05ND Aperture
- • F25NDQ Aperture
- 13.5 Spatial Profiles
- 13.6 Line Spread Functions
- • 13.7 Spectral Purity, Order Confusion, and Peculiarities
- • 13.8 MAMA Spectroscopic Bright Object Limits
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Chapter 14: Imaging Reference Material
- • 14.1 Introduction
- • 14.2 Using the Information in this Chapter
- 14.3 CCD
- 14.4 NUV-MAMA
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14.5 FUV-MAMA
- • 25MAMA - FUV-MAMA, Clear
- • 25MAMAD1 - FUV-MAMA Pseudo-Aperture
- • F25ND3 - FUV-MAMA
- • F25ND5 - FUV-MAMA
- • F25NDQ - FUV-MAMA
- • F25QTZ - FUV-MAMA, Longpass
- • F25QTZD1 - FUV-MAMA, Longpass Pseudo-Aperture
- • F25SRF2 - FUV-MAMA, Longpass
- • F25SRF2D1 - FUV-MAMA, Longpass Pseudo-Aperture
- • F25LYA - FUV-MAMA, Lyman-alpha
- • 14.6 Image Mode Geometric Distortion
- • 14.7 Spatial Dependence of the STIS PSF
- • 14.8 MAMA Imaging Bright Object Limits
- Chapter 15: Overview of Pipeline Calibration
- Chapter 16: Accuracies
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Chapter 17: Calibration Status and Plans
- • 17.1 Introduction
- • 17.2 Ground Testing and Calibration
- • 17.3 STIS Installation and Verification (SMOV2)
- • 17.4 Cycle 7 Calibration
- • 17.5 Cycle 8 Calibration
- • 17.6 Cycle 9 Calibration
- • 17.7 Cycle 10 Calibration
- • 17.8 Cycle 11 Calibration
- • 17.9 Cycle 12 Calibration
- • 17.10 SM4 and SMOV4 Calibration
- • 17.11 Cycle 17 Calibration Plan
- • 17.12 Cycle 18 Calibration Plan
- • 17.13 Cycle 19 Calibration Plan
- • 17.14 Cycle 20 Calibration Plan
- • 17.15 Cycle 21 Calibration Plan
- • 17.16 Cycle 22 Calibration Plan
- • 17.17 Cycle 23 Calibration Plan
- • 17.18 Cycle 24 Calibration Plan
- • 17.19 Cycle 25 Calibration Plan
- • 17.20 Cycle 26 Calibration Plan
- • 17.21 Cycle 27 Calibration Plan
- • 17.22 Cycle 28 Calibration Plan
- • 17.23 Cycle 29 Calibration Plan
- • 17.24 Cycle 30 Calibration Plan
- • 17.25 Cycle 31 Calibration Plan
- • 17.26 Cycle 32 Calibration Plan
- Appendix A: Available-But-Unsupported Spectroscopic Capabilities
- • Glossary