Index

A

AB(nu) 1, 2, 3

Abberrated Beam Coronagraph

Aberration Correction

ABMAG

ACCUM mode

SBC

WFC

Apertures

available-but-unsupported

coronagraph/acqs 1, 2

HRC 1, 2

ramps 1, 2

SBC

small filters

subarrays

WFC 1, 2

A-to-D Converter

WFC

B

Bandpass 1, 2

BOP

screening

solar system objects

Bright Object Protection

global limit 1, 2

limiting V magnitudes

local limit 1, 2

policy

global limit table

parallels

Phase I

Phase II

safety

Buffer

compression

internal memory

overheads

SBC

SBC 16 bit

WFC

C

CALACS

Calibration

accuracies

lamps

non-science exposures/GO obtained

CCDs

HRC. See HRC

WFC. See WFC

Charge Transfer Efficiency

background considerations

parallel measurement/table

predicted/expected losses

serial measurement/table

utilizing POS TARGS

Coordinated Parallels

Coronagraphy

coronagraph design

Lyot stop

occulting finger

occulting masks

PSF

Cosmic Rays

CR-splitting

HRC

WFC

Count Rate Limits

SBC 1, 2

CR-SPLIT 1, 2

CTE

D

Dark Current

SBC

Dark Frames

HRC/WFC

Data Number (DN) 1, 2

Data Storage

buffer dumps 1, 2

buffer size

data transfer rate/overheads

data volume

Detectors

SBC. See SBC

WFC. see WFC

Dithering

cosmic rays

goals

Drizzle/Multidrizzle

E

Earthshine 1, 2

Encircled Energy

models

Exposure Time Calculations

ETC

examples

sky backgrounds

Exposures

minimum/maximum exposure time

overheads

Extinction

F

Field of View (FOV)

HRC

ramps

SBC

WFC

Filter Wheel

SBC

WFC/HRC

Filters 1, 2

HRC/F220W 1, 2

HRC/F250W

HRC/F330W

HRC/F344N

HRC/F435W

HRC/F475W

HRC/F502N

HRC/F550M

HRC/F555W

HRC/F606W

HRC/F625W

HRC/F658N

HRC/F660N

HRC/F775W

HRC/F814W

HRC/F850LP

HRC/F892N

HRC/G800L

HRC/PR200L

Johnson-Cousins

narrow-band

Ramp Filters

WFC

SBC Summary Table

SBC/F115LP

SBC/F122M

SBC/F125LP

SBC/F140LP

SBC/F150LP

SBC/F165LP

SBC/PR110LP

SBC/PR130LP

Sloan Digital Sky Survey

WFC/F435W

WFC/F475W

WFC/F502N

WFC/F550M

WFC/F555W

WFC/F606W

WFC/F625W

WFC/F658N

WFC/F660N

WFC/F775W

WFC/F814W

WFC/F850LP

WFC/G800L

WFC/HRC Summary Table

Fringing

G

Geocoronal emission

Geometric Distortion

PSF

temporal changes

WFC

H

Hot Pixels

creation rate table 1, 2

data quality array

dither pattern

shot noise

spontaneous healing

warm pixels definition

HRC

apertures

coating

dark count

detector architecture

field of view

fringing

multiple electron events

Performance Characteristics Table

physical overscan

pixel size

plate scale 1, 2

point spread function

QE hysteresis

quantum efficiency

ramp filters 1, 2

read noise

readout

virtual overscan

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I

Imaging

anomalies

BOP

limiting magnitude

saturation

SBC detector

signal-to-noise

WFC detector

Imaging caveats

filters see filters

L

Lamps

deuterium

tungsten

Light Paths 1, 2

Limiting Magnitudes

Linearity

SBC

LOW-SKY 1, 2

Lyot Stop

M

MAMA. See SBC

Memory.See Buffer

Multidrizzle/Drizzle

O

Optical Path

HRC/SBC

WFC

Optics

coronagraph

corrective optics

fold mirror

HRC/SBC

spherical aberration

WFC

Orbit-Time Determination

Orientation

computing

ORIENTAT

PA_APER

Overheads

buffer dumps 1, 2

buffer size

examples

guide star ACQ/reACQ

observatory level

readout

science exposure level

spectroscopy

subarrays

table

target acquisition

P

Parallel Observations

APT

coordinated parallels

pointing

pure parallels

SBC in parallel

Patterns

Phase I

bright object limits

preparation 1, 2

Photometry

encircled energy

Plate Scale 1, 2

Polarimetry

filters

Post-flash

PSF

coronagraphy

encircled energy

geometric distortion

HRC

models

pixel response function

residual aberrations

undersampling

WFC

Pure Parallel Program

Q

Quantum Efficiency Hysteresis 1, 2

R

Ramp Filters

aperture location

apertures

Readout Time

Red Leaks

SBC

S

Saturation

SBC 1, 2

SBC

ACCUM mode 1, 2

apertures

BOP

buffer

characteristics 1, 2

flat field

global count rate

limiting count rates

local count rate

MAMA detector

non-linearity

optical path

physical description

plate scale

policy 1, 2

PSF

red leaks

repeller wire

signal to noise limitation

spectral response

Scheduling

SBC considerations

Sensitivity

HRC/G800L 1, 2

HRC/PR 200L

WFC/G800L 1, 2, 3

Signal-to-Noise

sky background

Solar System Objects

South Atlantic Anomaly

Spectroscopy

HRC

SBC

WFC

STIS

Subarrays

amplifier

data volume

overscan

T

Target ACQ

accuracy

aperture

ramp filters

Tiny TIM

Transmission Curves

broad-band filters

medium-band filters

narrow-band filters

SBC filters

SDSS filters

W

WFC

ACCUM

apertures 1, 2

characteristics

dark count

detector architecture

field of view

fringing

full width half maximum (FWHM)

gain

Performance Characteristics Table

pixel size

plate scale 1, 2

point spread function

QE hysteresis

quantum efficiency

ramp filters 1, 2

read noise

readout

virtual overscan

Z

Zodiacal Light

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