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18 January 2001 13:55:21

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Exposures Overheads


Action Overhead
Guide star aquisition  
  - Initial acquisition 7.5 minutes
  - Re-aquisition 6 minutes
Coronographic acquisition (HRC) 2 minutes
  - 2 images required  
Exposure overheads:  
  - First WFC ACCUM exposure 2.25 minutes
   subsequent WFC ACCUM exposures in alignment  
   t<334 secs 8 minutes
   t>334 secs 2.25 minutes
  - HRC ACCUM 1 minute
  - HRC-CORON ACCUM 1 minute
  - SBC ACCUM 1 minute
Single filter wheel change 1 minute
Two filter wheel change 1.5 minutes
Additional moving target aquisition 0.75 minutes