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WFC3/IR Detector Characteristics an
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WFC3/IR Detector Characteristics an
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WFC3/IR Detector Characteristics an
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Specifying a UVIS Observation 65 6.
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UVIS Field Geometry 67 Figure 6.1:
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6.4.4 Subarrays and On-Chip Binning
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UVIS Field Geometry 71 target at th
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UVIS Spectral Elements 73 6.5 UVIS
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UVIS Spectral Elements 75 Table 6.2
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Figure 6.3: Integrated system throu
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Figure 6.5: Integrated system throu
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UVIS Spectral Elements 81 UV Filter
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UVIS Spectral Elements 83 Table 6.3
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UVIS Spectral Elements 85 Figure 6.
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6.5.3 Ghosts UVIS Spectral Elements
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UVIS Optical Performance 89 Table 6
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UVIS Optical Performance 91 Figure
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UVIS Optical Performance 93 Table 6
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UVIS Optical Performance 95 Figure
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UVIS Exposure and Readout 97 (1.0,
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UVIS Sensitivity 99 contains 1402×
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6.9.3 Charge-Transfer Efficiency Ot
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UVIS Observing Strategies 103 6.10
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CHAPTER 7: IR Imaging with WFC3 In
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IR Field Geometry 107 The WFC3 IR d
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IR Field Geometry 109 The POS TARG
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IR Spectral Elements 111 Table 7.1:
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Figure 7.2: Integrated system throu
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IR Spectral Elements 115 Wide-band
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IR Optical Performance 117 Table 7.
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IR Optical Performance 119 Figure 7
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IR Optical Performance 121 Table 7.
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IR Exposure and Readout 123 Inter-p
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IR Exposure and Readout 125 • the
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Table 7.8: Sample times of 1024×10
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IR Sensitivity 129 Table 7.9: Suppo
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Other Considerations for IR Imaging
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Other Considerations for IR Imaging
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Other Considerations for IR Imaging
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IR Observing Strategies 137 sub-pix
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IR Observing Strategies 139 Table 7
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CHAPTER 8: Slitless Spectroscopy wi
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Slitless Spectroscopy with the UVIS
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Slitless Spectroscopy with the IR G
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Slitless Spectroscopy with the IR G
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Sensitivities and Exposure-Time Est
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CHAPTER 9: WFC3 Exposure-Time Calcu
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Calculating Sensitivities from Tabu
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Calculating Sensitivities from Tabu
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Count Rates (Imaging) 157 Table 9.2
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9.4.2 Diffuse Sources Count Rates (
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The S/N ratio Σ achieved in exposu
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Sky Background 163 • I λ is the
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Sky Background 165 Figure 9.1: Sky
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Sky Background 167 Table 9.4: Appro
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Exposure-Time Calculation Examples
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Exposure-Time Calculation Examples
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Observatory Overheads 173 activitie
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Instrument Overheads 175 Table 10.1
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Instrument Overheads 177 IR paralle
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Orbit Use Examples 179 In the IR ch
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Orbit Use Examples 181 Table 10.4:
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Orbit Use Examples 183 Table 10.6:
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APPENDIX A: WFC3 Filter Throughputs
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Throughputs and S/N Ratio Data 187
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% Throughput 30 25 20 15 UVIS/F200L
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% Throughput UVIS/F225W Description
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% Throughput UVIS/F280N Description
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% Throughput UVIS/F336W Description
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% Throughput UVIS/F350LP Descriptio
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% Throughput UVIS/F390M Description
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% Throughput UVIS/F395N Description
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% Throughput UVIS/F438W Description
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% Throughput UVIS/F469N Description
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% Throughput UVIS/F475X Description
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% Throughput UVIS/F502N Description
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% Throughput UVIS/F555W Description
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% Throughput UVIS/F606W Description
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% Throughput UVIS/F625W Description
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% Throughput UVIS/F645N Description
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% Throughput UVIS/F657N Description
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% Throughput UVIS/F665N Description
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% Throughput UVIS/F680N Description
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% Throughput UVIS/F763M Description
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% Throughput UVIS/F814W Description
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% Throughput UVIS/F850LP Descriptio
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% Throughput UVIS/FQ422M Descriptio
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% Throughput UVIS/FQ437N Descriptio
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% Throughput UVIS/FQ672N Descriptio
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% Throughput UVIS/FQ889N Descriptio
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% Throughput UVIS/FQ924N Descriptio
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% Throughput IR/F098M Description B
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% Throughput IR /F167N Description
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Throughputs and S/N Ratio Data 267
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Throughputs and S/N Ratio Data 269
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Throughputs and S/N Ratio Data 271
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Throughputs and S/N Ratio Data 273
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APPENDIX B: Geometric Distortion In
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UVIS Channel 277 See http://www.sts
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IR Channel 279 Figure B.3: Linear c
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APPENDIX C: Dithering and Mosaickin
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WFC3 Patterns 283 special-purpose m
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WFC3 Patterns 285 Table C.3:Steps i
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APPENDIX D: Bright-Object Constrain
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IR Channel 289 available. To use th
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IR Channel 291 Table D.4: Count Rat
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The STScI Reduction and Calibration
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The STScI Reduction and Calibration
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The SMOV Calibration Plan 297 Propo
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The Cycle 17 Calibration Plan 299 P
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The Cycle 18 Calibration Plan 301 P
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Glossary 303 FGS: Fine Guidance Sen
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Index A ACCUM mode UVIS 96 Aperture
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Index 307 UVIS/FQ634N 242 UVIS/FQ67
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Index 309 comparing HST instruments