FOS Papers From Proceedings

FOS: Papers from Proceedings

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Proceedings from 3rd HST Calibration Workshop - with a New Generation of Instruments September 1997

(31 March 1998) The third HST Calibration Workshop was held at the Space Telescope Science Institute Baltimore from September 22-24, 1997. The focus of this workshop was on the new instruments installed during the Second Servicing Mission. Several FOS papers were presented including a thorough review of the closeout status of the instrument.
Individual contributions are available online for all instruments are available from STScI here. FOS specific contributions are:
Tony Keyes: The Closeout State of the FOS
Anuradha Koratkar and Ian Evans: Average Inverse Sensitivity Recalibration of Pre-COSTAR Faint Object Spectrograph Data and Comparison with International Ultraviolet Explorer Data
Jeffrey J.E. Hayes and Charles D. (Tony) Keyes: Estimating Scattered Light in the FOS
Roeland P. van der Marel: The HST/FOS Wavelength Scale

The hardcopy Proceedings are available by request from The STScI Help Desk(help@stsci.edu).

A workshop on calibrating Hubble Space Telescope Data after the servicing mission was held at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore from May 15th to May 17th 1995. The full (i.e. all intruments) hardcopy Proceedings of this workshop are available by request from The STScI Help Desk (help@stsci.edu)

FOS Instrument and Calibration Status: 1993 - 1995, A. Koratkar (Postscript 109 Kb)
Post-COSTAR FOS Flat Fields, C. D. Keyes (Postscript 491 Kb)
Spectrophotometric Standards from the Far-UV to the Near-IV on the White Dwarf Flux Scale, R. C. Bohlin (Postscript 1673 Kb)
The FOS Dark Count-Rate: Preliminary Analysis for Cycles 1 through 4, J. J. E. Hayes (Postscript 332 Kb)
Post-Costar Internal FOS Wavelength Calibration, M. Dahlem (Postscript 119 Kb)
FOS Filter-Grating Wheel Repeatability Measurement, A. Koratkar and S. Martin (Postscript 83 Kb)
Repeatability of the FOS G130H Grating External Wavelength Zeropoint, A. Koratkar and I. N. Evans (Postscript 76 Kb)
FOS Dead and Noisy Diodes Update, J. A. Christensen and S. E. Martin (Postscript 49 Kb)
Y Location of FOS Spectra, S. Martin and A. Koratkar (Postscript 179 Kb)

These are the chapters dealing with the FOS from the proceedings of the first HST Calibration Workshop, held at the Space Telescope Science Institute November 15-17, 1993. The full proceedings (available from STScI) include discussions on the calibration of all instruments, a general section that includes papers on the Optical Telescope Assembly, the HST Calibration Database and information on the calibration of other space observatories such as the IUE and the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope.

Below you will find the discussions relating to the FOS. Paper copies are no longer available!

FOS Instrument Status and Performance Changes: 1990 - 1993: Charles D. (Tony) Keyes
FOS Calibration Pipeline: Anuradha Koratkar
FOS Aperture Transmissions for Point Sources and Surface Brightness of Diffuse Sources (Pre-COSTAR): R. C. Bohlin
Reference Guide and History of FOS Calibration Reference Files and Tables: Cynthia J. Taylor and Charles D. (Tony) Keyes
Position Repeatability of Spectra Obtained with the FOS: R.W. Lyons, E.A. Beaver, R.D. Cohen and V.T. Junkkarinen
An Introduction to FOS Scattered Light: A. L. Kinney
Background Signals in FOS Data: Cerenkov and Scattered Light: Michael R. Rosa
Grating Scatter in the HST FOS: Cindy C. Cunningham and John J. Caldwell
FOS Flat Fielding: Charles D. (Tony) Keyes
The HST Quasar Absorption Line Key Project XI: Some Practical Suggestions for Flat Fielding Your FOS Data: Buell T. Jannuzi and George F. Hartig
Ultraviolet Calibration Issues in the FOS: Cindy C. Cunningham, Christopher D. Barnet and John J. Caldwell
UV Emission Lines in FOS Sky Spectra: R.W. Lyons, W.A. Baity, R.D. Cohen and V.T. Junkkarinen
Preliminary Comparison of the HST and White Dwarf Absolute Flux Scales: Ralph Bohlin
Summary of the FOS Working Session: Anuradha Koratkar and Charles D. (Tony) Keyes