1. The On-Orbit Performance of the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph
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Dennis Ebbets, Mark D. Brumfield, R. Breyer, Stefi A. Baum, Mary Elizabeth Kaiser, P. R. Christon, S. I. Becker, Chuck Bowers, Randy A. Kimble, Sara R. Heap, R. J. Hill, Richard F. Green, Alan W. Delamere, L. W. Brown, S. Downey, Melissa A. McGrath, J. F. Grady, Richard D. Robinson, J. J. Yagelowich, D. Rose, A. Grusczak, David A. Dorn, C. Standley, A. Boggess, Vic S. Argabright, J. C. Blades, Anthony C. Danks, C. Ludtke, Stephen P. Maran, P. A. Driggers, Theodore R. Gull, J. G. Timothy, W. B. Fowler, W. Meyer, Mark Clampin, V. L. Krueger, M. N. Isaacs, J. A. Valenti, Wayne B. Landsman, George F. Hartig, J. J. Loiacono, Ralph C. Bohlin, Richard L. Bybee, R. Stocker, Fred L. Roesler, H. W. Moos, D. Hood, R. L. Lettieri, Eliot M. Malumuth, V. Balzano, C. Biagetti, Steven B. Kraemer, Henry C. Ferguson, David Michika, Robert S. Hill, R. Nyquist, Paul Goudfrooij, J. C. Hetlinger, M. Bottema, T. Wolfe, T. L. Beck, R. W. Melcher, Robert A. Woodruff, D. J. Lindler, Morley M. Blouke, Jennifer L. Sandoval, Lee Feinberg, F. J. Rebar, Charles L. Joseph, Nicholas R. Collins, C. N. Van Houten, J. F. Sullivan, J. K. Feggans, J. S. Gallegos, Carolyn A. Krebs, R. Doxsey, D. Weistrop, Stephen J. Hulbert, P. Plait, Bruce E. Woodgate, R. Kutina, R. H. Cornett, Jeffrey L. Linsky, R. Reed, H. Garner, H. D. Vitagliano, J. B. Hutchings, and Edward B. Jenkins
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Physics ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Astronomy ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,Wavelength ,Optics ,Space and Planetary Science ,Sky ,Hubble space telescope ,Orbit (dynamics) ,Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Angular resolution ,Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics ,Spectral resolution ,business ,Spectrograph ,Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics ,Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph ,media_common - Abstract
The Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) was successfully installed into the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in 1997 February, during the second HST servicing mission, STS-82. STIS is a versatile spectrograph, covering the 115-1000 nm wavelength range in a variety of spectroscopic and imaging modes that take advantage of the angular resolution, unobstructed wavelength coverage, and dark sky offered by the HST. In the months since launch, a number of performance tests and calibrations have been carried out and are continuing. These tests demonstrate that the instrument is performing very well. We present here a synopsis of the results to date.
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- 1998
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