Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 2008
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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #212, #25.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 40, p.222
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) is scheduled for repair during the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing mission slated for the latter half of 2008. STIS malfunctioned in August 2004, but following a successful repair it will resume an important role as one of the suite of instruments on HST, and its availability will enable a number of unique scientific capabilities.
We discuss plans for the initial characterization of the STIS instrument after the servicing mission and its subsequent return to science operations. We also discuss the additional calibration observations that will be needed to support science operations during Cycle 17 of HST, and describe the extent to which previous calibrations are expected to remain valid. Instrumental characteristics that may have been impacted by the long operational hiatus are discussed in conjunction with plans to characterize and calibrate any potential changes to the properties of STIS.
COS/STIS STScI Team
Gull Ted R.
Kaiser Mary Elizabeth
Lennon Daniel J.
Lindler Don J.
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