Resources for mapping HST papers to proposals

• The library database of HST papers.
  • "HST+97GHRS" means that the paper came out in 97 and the prime instrument used is GHRS.
  • "GO-05486" means that the library found the GO grant number (which is the proposal number also) in the text of the paper so you don't have to do these.
  • In the citations: AJ=The Astronomical Journal, A&A=Astronomy and Astrophysics, and ApJ=The Astrophysical Journal
  • So "A&A 330: 1041-1046" means "Astronomy and Astrophysics volume 330 starting on page 1041." If there is an "L" in front of the page number then it is a letter instead of a paper.
• The proposal information page.
  • You can use this to look at the original proposal and when it executed. You can also look up all the proposals for an observer. BUT: the lead author of the paper may not be the lead observer on the proposal, and proposals will not come up that are pre COSTAR (Dec 1993).
• The paper itself
  • On the web:
    • The library has links to on line HTML version of many papers, but they don't go back all that far and the A&A site is in Europe is very slow.
    • There is also the ADS abstract service, and the ADS bitmap text of articles. These go back much further.
  • If the paper is not available on line you can find it in the library.
  • Key things to look for in the paper:
    • Proposal number (4 digits between 1000 and 8000)
    • Dataset name (10 or so digits beginning with a Z)
    • Date of observation
    • Target name
• The archive web page
  • You can use this to resolve a target name into RA and DEC. Then remove the target name and search for all the observations with that RA and DEC. You can also search by PI, proposal number, dataset name or date of observation.
  • The output report can be custom formatted (under Output Options). This is a setup that is useful for this work:
    • Output columns: Targname, Dataset Name, PEP ID (which is the proposal ID), PI Last Name, Filters/Gratings, and Start Time
    • Sort output by: PI Last Name, PEP ID, and Start Time
  • Because of the time it takes to set up the screen for this you may want to have a separate Netscape screen that you only use for the archive.
• Trivia that should help
  • How to spell out the greek alphabet. This is useful for resolving target names like "zeta oph".
  • The HST instruments:
    • Astrometers: FGS
    • Photometers: HSP (removed Dec 1993)
    • Cameras: FOC WFPC (removed Dec 1993) WFPC2 (installed Dec 1993) NICMOS (installed Feb 1997)
    • Spectrographs: GHRS (HRS) (removed Feb 1997) FOS (removed Feb 1997) STIS (installed Feb 1997)
    • Corrective Optics: COSTAR (installed Dec 1993)