ACS Bad Pixel Table

These tables are used by the DQCORR step in CALACS to populate the data quality (DQ) arrays of ACS images with flags for known (quasi-permanent) bad pixels. See the flag definitions for more details. The correct row in the table is selected by DETECTOR, CCDCHIP, CCDAMP, CCDGAIN.

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File	Detector	Use After	Pedigree	Delivery #	Delivery Date	OTFR Start Use Date	Comments
t3n1116nj_bpx.fits	WFC	Jan 01 2008 00:00:00 UT	INFLIGHT	12009	Mar 23 2009 11:22:03 GMT	Mar 23 2009 14:09:49 GMT	New modes to cover all Chip, Amp, and Gain combinations for SM4 Ori
q860440tj_bpx.fits	WFC	Oct 08 2004 09:05:46 UT	INFLIGHT	11644	Aug 06 2006 04:44:34 GMT	Aug 06 2006 05:32:58 GMT	New modes to cover all Chip, Amp, and Gain combinations wfc_bpx.fit
n9p09145j_bpx.fits	WFC	Mar 02 2002 00:00:00 UT	INFLIGHT	11257	Sep 25 2003 13:55:30 GMT	Sep 25 2003 00:00:00 GMT	ACS/WFC bad pixel table
u451251ej_bpx.fits	SBC	Jan 01 1993 00:00:00 UT	INFLIGHT	12153	Apr 05 2010 12:54:34 GMT	Apr 05 2010 13:50:39 GMT	Bad pixel table for SBC--------------------------------------------
ob82155qj_bpx.fits	HRC	Oct 08 2004 09:05:46 UT	INFLIGHT	11511	Nov 08 2004 22:00:06 GMT	Nov 08 2004 23:24:31 GMT	ACS reference file
m8r09169j_bpx.fits	HRC	Mar 01 2002 00:00:00 UT	INFLIGHT	11037	Aug 27 2002 13:22:24 GMT	Aug 27 2002 14:18:00 GMT	ACS/HRC bad pixel table