HST Data Handbook for WFPC2

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

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A

absolute sensitivity 1

accuracy 1

astrometric, improving 1

acquisition failure

guide stars 1

analog-to-digital conversion 1

analysis

images, general in STSDAS 1

spectra, general in STSDAS 1

spectra, general tasks in IRAF 1

spectra, STIS 1

analysis package

image analysis 1

aperture

correction 1

zero point 1

apphot package

aperture photometry 1

archive

file names 1

arithmetic

imset, msarith task 1

spectra, splot task 1

array

FITS table 1

astrometry 1

basic, in STSDAS 1

improving 1

improving accuracy 1

keywords 1

new solution 1

tasks in STSDAS 1

B

background

running tasks in 1

bias

jump 1

bias correction 1, 2

errors 1

C

calibration 1

calwp2 1

editing switches 1

software, STSDAS 1

steps 1

switches 1

calwp2 1

calwp2 task

calibration 1

development 1

Camera

configurations 1

camera

WFPC2 1

CCD

readout modes 1

charge transfer efficiency 1

charge trap 1, 2

chcalpar 1

clock

serial 1

color

transformation 1

command

see "task"1

commands

splot cursor 1

conversion

analog to digital, see "analog-to-digital" 1

counts to flux or magnitude 1

flux to wavelength, resample task
1

cool down 1

cosmic ray

co-aligned image 1

cosmicrays task 1

counts

flux conversion 1

long vs. short 1

magnitude conversion 1

cursor

splot commands 1

D

daily darks 1

dark

current subtraction 1

generating custom files 1

glow 1

reference files 1

subtraction 1

warm pixels 1

data

analysis software, STSDAS 1

parameter types, IRAF 1

data quality

calibration 1

flags 1

PDQ files 1

database

synphot 1

dataset 1

see also "imset"1

decontamination 1

deconvoluation

images 1

disconlab task

position display 1

display

display task 1

image 1

SAOimage 1

spectra 1

display task

images in STSDAS 1

dithering 1

documentation

IRAF 1

STSDAS 1

drizzle software 1

E

earth reflection 1

echelle spectra

echplot task 1

echplot task

plot echelle spectra 1

engineering data

OMS logs 1

environment variable

IRAF 1

eparam task

editing parameters 1

error sources 1

exposure log sheet 1

exposures

time 1

extension

FITS file 1

FITS, appending 1

F

field of view 1

file

PostScript, creating 1

trailer 1

files

calibration 1

data formats 1

data quality (PDQ) 1

dataset 1

FITS, working with 1

naming conventions 1

observation log 1

observer comments (OCX) 1

rootname 1

specifying, STIS 1

trailer 1

filters

anomalous rotational offset in linear ramp filters 1

possible variation in methane
quad transmission 1

FINE LOCK

guidance 1

FITS

extension 1

files, working with 1, 2

format, described 1

GEIS files in 1

table 1

table, array in cell 1

waiver 1

waivered 1

fitting package

fit spectra 1

tasks in 1

flatfield 1

1995-1996 epoch 1

correction files 1

effect on point sources 1

errors 1

linear ramp filters 1

post 1996 epoch 1

pre 1995 epoch 1

reference files 1

special purpose filters 1

flux

combine with wavelength,
mkmultispec 1

from counts 1

format

IRAF and STSDAS files 1

FOS

display spectra 1

fwplot task

spectra display 1

G

gain variation 1

GEIS

format 1

GEIS format

described 1

header file 1

working with 1

geometric distortion 1

correction 1

ghost image 1

bright objects 1

GHRS

display spectra 1

group

image 1

number in image 1

working with 1

grspec task

plot groups 1

guidance mode

observation log 1

guide stars

acquisition 1

acquisition failure 1

dominant roll 1

number used 1

H

hardcopy

see "print" or "paper products"1

header

file, GEIS 1

keyword, inheritance in FITS 1

keywords 1, 2

header data unit

FITS file 1

hedit task

header 1

set keywords 1

help

STSDAS and IRAF tasks
1, 2

histogram 1

history record 1

I

igi

plotting with 1

printing plots 1

image

deconvolution 1

display 1, 2

features 1, 2

GEIS file 1

plot data, implot 1

reconstruction,
deconvolution 1

section 1

see also "FITS"1

STSDAS tasks 1

working with 1

Image Reduction and Analysis Facility

see "IRAF"1

image set

see "imset"1

imcopy task

FITS files 1

imexamine task

image display and plot 1

imgtools package

multigroup GEIS images 1

iminfo task

examine header 1

implot task

plot image data 1

imset

combination, msjoin task 1

extraction, mssplit task 1

statistics, msstatistics task 1

STSDAS tasks for 1

imtab task

header to table 1

invmetric task 1

IPPSSOOOT

see "files, naming conventions"1

IRAF

basics 1

described 1, 2

documentation 1

obtaining 1

parameter, data type 1

piping 1

psikern, PostScript 1

setup 1

spectra analysis 1

tasks available 1

J

jitter

effect on target lock 1

images from OMS 1

plotting 1

K

keywords

calibration switches 1, 2

FITS header 1

header 1

photometry 1

see also "header"1

L

linear ramp filters

flatfielding 1

long vs. short anomaly 1

lparam task

viewing parameters 1

M

magnitude

from counts 1

math

see "arithmetic"1

metric task 1

mkiraf command

IRAF setup 1

mkmultispec task 1

moving target

acquisition 1

msarith task

imset arithmetic 1

mscombine task

combine imset 1

msjoin task

combine imset 1

mssplit task

extract imset 1

msstatistics task

imset statitistics 1

mstools package

FITS image extenstions 1

multispec format

described 1

N

naming conventions

files, HST data 1

nfit1d task 1

ngaussfit task 1

NICMOS

imset, STSDAS tasks 1

noise

digitization 1

O

observation log

files 1

Observation Monitoring System 1

observer comment file

described 1

OCX file

observer comments 1

OMS

observation log files 1

On-The-Fly Calibration (OTFC) 1

On-The-Fly Reprocessing
(OTFR) 1

optical path 1

OPUS

see "pipeline"1

ORIENT 1

P

PA_V3 1

package

IRAF concept 1

STSDAS, structure 1, 2

paper products 1

parameter

data types 1

see also "eparam" and "lparam"1

setting, IRAF 1

PDQ file

described 1

photmode 1

photometry

34th-row defect correction 1

aperture correction 1

basic, in STSDAS 1

color terms 1

contamination correction 1

corrections 1

CTE correction 1

example 1

geometric distortion
correction 1

keywords 1

long vs. short correction 1

photometric table 1

synthetic 1

system 1

zero point, 1

pipe

IRAF task 1

pipeline

files produced by 1

pixel

centering 1

pixel coordinate

converting to RA and Dec 1

pixel data

GEIS file 1

pixel response function 1

plot

igi task 1

POD files 1

pointing information

small errors prior to Sept. 1997 1

updating 1

pointing stability 1

polarimetry 1

polarizer 1

position

RA and Dec in STSDAS 1

PostScript

psikern, IRAF 1

pp_dads 1

print

plots, igi 1

proposal

keywords compared to
Phase II 1

psf

F1042M extended halo 1

variation 1

psikern

PostScript IRAF kernel 1

R

readout

direction 1

modes 1

recalibration 1

recentering

jitter 1

red leak 1

reference files 1, 2

resample task

flux to wavelength 1

Richardson-Lucy

deconvolution 1

rootname

see "files, naming conventions"1

S

SAOimage

display image 1

scattered light 1

section

image 1

sensitivity

absolute 1

sgraph task

plot group 1

plot STIS spectra 1

shading 1

software

IRAF 1, 2

STSDAS 1, 2

Space Telescope Science Data
Analysis System

see "STSDAS"1

specfit task

fit models to spectrum 1

spectra

analysis tasks,IRAF 1

analysis, STSDAS 1

analysis, tasks in STSDAS 1

display 1

display, STIS 1

fitting 1

specfit task 1

splot task

cursor commands 1

plot spectra 1

StarView

observation logs 1

static mask 1

STIS

analysis, preparing 1

display spectra 1

echelle spectra, plotting 1

imset, STSDAS tasks for 1

stray light 1

streak

pattern 1

STSDAS 1

astrometry 1

astrometry in 1

described 1

documentation 1

image analysis tasks 1

image display 1, 2

image, display 1

image, section 1

images 1

imset tasks 1

obtaining 1

organization of 1, 2

photometry in 1

spectra analysis tasks 1

synphot, database 1

synthetic photometry 1

tables 1

suffix

see "files, naming conventions"1

synphot

database, obtaining 1

synphot package

absolute sensitivity 1

synthetic photometry 1

zero point 1

synthetic photometry

see "synphot"1

T

table

FITS 1

STSDAS 1

target acquisition

moving target 1

task

IRAF concept 1

tomultipsec task

extract STIS spectral orders 1

trailer file 1

described 1

transformation

pixel coordinates to RA and Dec 1

ttools package

STSDAS tables 1

txtable task

extract arrays 1

U

uchcoord task 1, 2

unit

counts to flux/mag, conversion
1

user support

help desk 1

V

variable

IRAF, environment 1

vignetting 1

W

waiver FITS format 1

warm pixels 1, 2

repairing 1

tables on WWW 1

wavelength

combine with flux, mkmultispec
1

wmosaic task

images 1

World Coordinate System

mkmultispec task 1

world wide web

software, obtaining 1

X

xy2rd task 1

coordinates 1

pixel coordinates to RA and Dec
1

Z

zero point

determining 1

photometric 1