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Jan 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010aas...21546403p&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, #464.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, p.499
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The Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) is a slit-less spectrograph with a very small aperture (radius = 1.25"). To achieve the desired wavelength accuracy of <15 km/s, HST+COS must center the target to within 0.1” of the center of the aperture. This is the angle subtended by a typical AAS poster when viewed from over 1400 miles away. During SMOV we have fine-tuned the COS target acquisition (TA) procedures to exceed this accuracy for all three COS TA modes; NUV imaging, NUV spectroscopic, and FUV spectroscopic.
We will compare all COS TA modes in terms of centering accuracy, efficiency (elapsed time), and required signal-to-noise for all targets suitable for use with COS. We will also provide updated recommendations for the options of all TA modes (e.g., SCAN-SIZE and NUM-POS of ACQ/PEAKD).
We have observed in SMOV that HST is providing an excellent initial 1-σ blind pointing accuracy of ±0.4” in both the along-dispersion and cross-dispersion directions. We will discuss the implications of this, and other lessons learned in SMOV, on Cycle 17 and 18 HST+COS TAs.
COS IDT Team
Keyes Charles
Osterman Steve
Penton Steven Victor
Sahnow Dave
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