28 March 2003

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| HST Spectroscopy
| STScI Analysis Newsletter
| STIS/GHRS/FOS
| March 2003
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Visit the "New in the Last 45 Days" section of the STIS
website at http://www.stsci.edu/hst/stis for new information
about STIS.

This and previous issues of the STAN can be found at
http://www.stsci.edu/hst/stis/documents/newsletters.

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http://www.stsci.edu/hst/stis/proposing/phase2/cy12_update.pdf
Cycle 12 Phase 2 update for STIS

STIS has been operating with some significant changes in its
performance since the release of the STIS Instrument Handbook
(IHB) version 6.0 (October 2002). This update provides the
latest information regarding STIS performance and policies
which are relevant to the preparation of Cycle 12 Phase 2
proposals.

The items presented here include:

-0.2X0.2 Aperture Supported for all First Order Spectra
-New STIS Aperture Locations
-Correcting for Charge Transfer Inefficiency of the STIS CCD
-Updates to the STIS Exposure Time Calculators


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for which relevant plots or image files would help us
understand your problem, please let us know in your original
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