- Entire handbook [PostScript 1040 Kb]:
- Version 5.0 has been prepared for Cycle 5 of the HST science mission. The file "ghrs-handbook_all.ps", [PostScript 1040 Kb], contains the entire handbook, but we recommend treating it chapter by chapter instead. If you have questions please contact the Help Desk at: help@stsci.edu.
- Directory of individual PostScript sections:
- The GHRS Handbook v.5.0 is in PostScript form. If you are using Ghostview as a viewer and the output looks garbled, try using a higher magnification.
- Title Page [PostScript 60 Kb]
- Part I: Introduction to the GHRS and this Handbook
- Chapter 1 [PostScript 74 Kb] Preliminaries and Essential Reading, p.5
- 1.1 This Handbook
- 1.2 Changes since the previous version
- 1.3 Where to find additional information, changes, errata, etc.
- Chapter 2 [PostScript 95 Kb] Instrument Summary - Why Use the GHRS?, p.11
- 2.1 Fundamental properties of the instrument
- 2.2 A Brief Description of the Instrument and Its Operation
- 2.3 A Little About How HST and GHRS Work
- 2.4 GHRS Modes of Operation
- Part II: Writing GHRS Proposals
- Chapter 3 [PostScript 111 Kb] Phase I: What the TAC Sees, p.21
- 3.1 Essential questions
- 3.2 Creating an Observation Scenario
- 3.3 Specifying Target Acquisition
- 3.4 Calculating the Exposure Time
- Chapter 4 [PostScript 142 Kb] Your Phase II Proposal, p.33
- 4.1 Acquisitions
- 4.2 Image Mode
- 4.3 Accumulation Mode
- 4.4 Rapid Readout Mode
- 4.5 The Precision and Accuracy of Standard Calibrations
- 4.6 Other Considerations
- Chapter 5 [PostScript 65 Kb] Phase II Proposal Examples, p.49
- Part III: GHRS Reference Information
- Chapter 6 [PostScript 64 Kb] Design and Construction of the GHRS, p.55
- 6.1 The HST Focal Plane and the GHRS Apertures
- 6.2 Gratings and Optical Elements
- 6.3 The Digicon Detectors
- Chapter 7 [PostScript 353 Kb] Target Acquisition Reference Information, p.67
- 7.1 Predicting Target Acquisition Count Rates for Stars
- 7.2 Constraints on the Value of the STEP-TIME Parameter
- 7.3 Acquisition Count Rates for Extended Objects
- 7.4 Other Acquisition Information
- Chapter 8 [PostScript 352 Kb] Reference Tables for Instrument Performance, p.81
- 8.1 The Effect of COSTAR on the GHRS
- 8.2 Properties of the First-Order Gratings
- 8.3 Properties of the Echelle Gratings
- 8.4 Standard Patterns for Substepping and Background Measurement
- 8.5 The Effects of Reddening in the Ultraviolet
- 8.6 Instrumental Properties
- Chapter 9 [PostScript 75 Kb] GHRS Bibliography, p.101
- 9.1 Ultraviolet Extinction
- 9.2 GHRS-Related Technical Papers
- 9.3 GHRS Scientific Papers
- 9.4 Acknowledgments
- Part IV: