STIS Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24

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15.3	More Detailed Information

More detailed descriptions of the calstis software and its modular components are available in Chapter 3 of the STIS Data Handbook, and in a series of Instrument Science Reports (ISRs), listed below, and accessible via the STIS webpages.

•	STIS ISR 1998-10: “Calstis0: Pipeline Calibration of STIS Data—A Detailed View”

•	STIS ISR 1998-26: “Calstis1: Basic Two-Dimensional Image Reduction”

•	STIS ISR 1998-11: “Calstis2: Cosmic Ray Rejection in the STIS Calibration Pipeline”

•	STIS ISR 1998-22: “Cosmic Ray Rejection in STIS CCD Images”

•	STIS ISR 1998-12: “Calstis4, Calstis11, Calstis12: Wavecal Processing in the STIS Calibration Pipeline”

•	STIS ISR 1999-03: “Calstis6: “Extraction of 1_d Spectra in the STIS Calibration Pipeline”

•	STIS ISR 1998-13: “Calstis7: Two-dimensional rectification of spectroscopic data in the STIS Calibration Pipeline”

•	STIS ISR 1998-28: “The STIS Pipeline - Determination of Calibration Switch Settings”

•	STIS ISR 2002-01: “2-D Algorithm for Removing Scattered Light from STIS Echelle Data”

•	STIS ISR 2003-03: “An Algorithm for Correcting CTE Loss in Spectrophotometry of Point Sources with the STIS CCD”

•	STIS ISR 2006-03: “A new CTE Correction Algorithm for Point Source Spectroscopy with the STIS CCD: Correcting for charge trap filling by the “red halo” of the CCD Point Spread Function redward of 8000 å”

•	STIS ISR 2007-03: “Time Dependent Trace Angles for the STIS First Order Modes”

•	STIS ISR 2007-04: “wx2d: A PyRAF Routine to Resample Spectral Images”

The ISRs currently contain the most up-to-date descriptions of the calibration software. New releases of calstis are accompanied by updates under the “Software Tools” page on the STIS website.