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2026-02-17General TSOTSO Roadmap

This page needs to be updated to incorporate NIRSpec Multistripe 

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2026-02-17General TSOTSO Saturation

Under section “Saturation in the context of JWST” 

Adjust Cycle 5 proposals link to Cycle 6 proposals. Or remove reference to save future effort.  

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 Just to give credit where credit is due: this was reported by Aarynn Carter last year. This is a revamp to this cycle of that.

2026-02-17General TSOTSO Saturation

Under section “TSOs of very bright targets” 

Add description that NIRSpec will have Multistripe.

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Just to give credit where credit is due: this was reported by Aarynn Carter last year. This is a revamp to this cycle of that.

2026-03-13NIRISSDetector Readout

Slow axis direction of readout is incorrect, and MULTISTRIPE readout direction is also incorrect. Also means right reference pixels are the ones read out, not left. 

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Needs to be pushed to review. 

2026-03-13NIRISS SOSS Recommended Strategies

Expand section on minimizing contamination to also include description of offset strategy to place close binaries off of the POM

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Needs to be pushed to review. 

2026-03-13NIRISS SOSS

Consider any changes to multistripe warning:

"Science observing with the new SOSS multistripe subarrays will begin after successful commissioning, nominally at the start of Cycle 5. ETC signal-to-noise predictions will be refined, once on orbit data are available."

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Not clear if we will prevent science observations beforehand. 

2026-03-13NIRISS SOSS TSO Example

Add mention of multistripe subarrays

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2026-03-23NIRISS SOSS TSO Example

Additional description for reducing contaminating sources 

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2026-03-23NIRISS SOSS TSO Example

Additional description of number of exposures per dither in the APT section. 

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2026-04-22NIRCam

See Jira ticket

Describe superstripe subarrays for Imaging Time Series.

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2026-03-18NIRCam

NIRCam Short Wavelength Grism Time Series

NIRCam Short Wavelength Grism Time Series Observing Strategies

Populate with relevant info and update/add figures with flight data after comm activities. 

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Ranked minor since major updates/outcomes can come in the form of an Observer article, JWebbinar, and communication with IS reviewers. 

2026-03-31NIRCam

NIRCam Short Wavelength Grism Time Series Observing Strategies

Review informational text and edit if needed:

"The use of the Dispersed .....  balancing integration time and data volume."

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Tagging Achrene Dyrek John Stansberry 

If edits are needed here. 

2026-03-31NIRCam

NIRCam Short Wavelength Grism Time Series

Review warning text note and edit if needed:

"Due to the complexities of new detector ......   the accuracy of the ETC and the pipeline during and after Cycle-3."

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Tagging Achrene Dyrek John Stansberry 

If edits are needed here. 

2026-03-18General N/A: Clock accuracy 

 Tracked under JDOXCM-750

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Questions centered around operations, proposing and data related to the JWST clock accuracy come up yearly for NIRCam, with the most recent a few weeks ago. This mention is primarily for awareness, but also to ask — is it time? 

2026-03-18MIRISee Jira ticket

Introduce new versions of Imaging and LRS subarrays

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2026-03-30NIRSpecNIRSpec Bright Object Time-Series Spectroscopy 
  • Add the 4 new Prism multistripe subarrays to Table 2 
  • "Exposure Specification" - explicitly mention that multistripe can only be used with NRSRAPID
  • "Gain, sensitivity, and bright limiting magnitudes" - add new multistripe bright limits to Table 3 
  • "What do BOTS mode data look like?" - add multistripe cartoon from cal forum presentation (or simulated multistripe spectrum) to this section + brief write-up on how we expect the time-series to look 

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2026-03-30NIRSpec NIRSpec Detector Subarrays
  • Add the 4 new Prism multistripe subarrays to Table 2 
  • Specify that 4 reference pixels are interleaved for multistripe and ref pix correction can be used for Prism multistripe observations 

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2026-03-30NIRSpecNIRSpec Detector Readout
  •  Add section on multistripe readout

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Some philosophical differences in the NIRSpec team on whether updates  need to be on this page, so holding off on this for now 

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2026-03-30NIRSpecNIRSpec Detector Readout
  • "Exposures" - add a note that offsets can be seen at the exposure breaks, and suggest users to increase exp/dither as a workaround 

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Some philosophical differences in the NIRSpec team on whether updates  need to be on this page, so holding off on this for now 

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2026-03-30NIRSpec NIRSpec Detector Readout Modes and Patterns
  •  add section on Prism Multistripe readout (including details on interleaving reference pixels, size of the science pixels in the subarray, and timestamps on the time-series) 

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Some philosophical differences in the NIRSpec team on whether updates  need to be on this page, so holding off on this for now 
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2026-03-30NIRSpec NIRSpec BOTS Wavelength Ranges and Gaps
  •  Add Prism multistripe subarrays to Table 1 (since the smaller subarrays have do not coverage the full Prism wavelength range) 
  • add wavelength coverage of multistripe subarrays to Fig 1?

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Need decided not to update Fig 1 since it shows the wavelength ranges for the SUB2048 subarray (and multistripe is stepping through SUB512)

2026-03-30NIRSpec NIRSpec Bright Source Limits
  •  Add new bright limits with the 4 Prism multistripe subarrays
  • Add plot showing SNR vs bright limit 

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Some philosophical differences in whether the estimated SNR vs bright limit plots belong on this page with the saturation limits  
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2026-03-30NIRSpec NIRSpec BOTS Operations
  •  Include multistripe as a consideration for obtaining broad wavelength coverage of bright targets (J < 11) 

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2026-03-30NIRSpec NIRSpec Bright Object Time-Series APT Template
  •  Add Multistripe info to Table 1

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2026-03-30NIRSpec NIRSpec Observing Strategies
  •  Add page or section on "Considering bright limits and S/N for Prism multistripe subarrays"

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2026-04-01General TSO JWST Time-Series Observations
  •  Mention that parallel capabilities are being investigated during Cycle 5?

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Leaving for next year

2026-04-01General TSO JWST Time-Series Observations
  • Remove/reframe mention that integrations are treated as individual observations. 

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2026-04-01General TSO JWST Time-Series Observations Roadmap
  • Add PandExo figure of the throughputs of the different modes as a function of wavelength  

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LHS: Needs the DHS throughput and resolving power added

RHS: Would need updating for multistripe modes / MIRI imaging? 

Will hold off until Taylor's update on 4/29 TSO CT meeting 

Too much work for this year, leaving until next year. 

2026-04-01General TSO JWST Time-Series Observations Roadmap
  • Add NIRSpec multistripe subarrays to Table 2

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2026-04-01General TSO JWST Time-Series Observations Roadmap
  • under "TSOs roadmap - spectroscopy" Step 5, either add that multistripe modes are OR are not available in PandExo

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We have reached out to Taylor Bell to confirm what the plans are for PandExo Multistripe capabilities in Cycle 6 

2026-04-01General TSO JWST Time-Series Noise Sources
  • Add figure for example HGA move 
  • Add description of what HGA move looks like in the time-series 

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Munazza can provide some example LCs 

2026-04-01General TSO JWST Time-Series Noise Sources
  • Add mention of HGA header keyword that can be used to know if one happened during observation. (HGA_move = 'T' or 'F')

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2026-04-01General TSO JWST Time-Series Noise Sources
  • Add figure for example tilt event (Alderson 2022 or Ahrer 2025). Maybe link to Marshall's TR for tilt events. 
  • Figure 5 here is also a great example of what I happening in the LC, the FWHM changes, and physically what is going on with the mirror segments during a tilt event 

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2026-04-01General TSO JWST Time-Series Noise Sources
  • Add comment that FGS timestamps don't necessarily line up with science time stamps 

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2026-04-01General TSO JWST Time-Series Noise Sources


  • Monitoring spacecraft telemetry during a TSO. "jwstuser" has been archived and we can't guarantee long term support. Add a note or switch to a different package. Nestor Espinoza - spelunker? Actually we mention this later. Some sort of update then. 
  • Github package for engineering database does the same thing automatically
    jwst.lib.engdb_tools


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Nestor Espinoza Re-wrote the code snippet using jwst.lib.engdb_tools

2026-04-01General TSO JWST Time-Series Noise Sources
  • Intrapixel gain variations. Restructure slightly to make it immediately clear that these aren't expected to be a big issue.

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2026-04-01General TSO JWST Time-Series Noise Sources
  • Reorder the noise sources in order of their relative impact, highest to lowest – e.g., 1/f first, pixel-to-pixel variations last 

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2026-04-01General TSO JWST Time-Series Noise Sources

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Added NIRSpec 1/f link but waiting on SOSS TR.

Update: the SOSS TR will still take a while for review so closing for this year. 

2026-04-01General TSO JWST Time-Series Observations TSO Saturation
  • "after which signals cannot be linearized" just links to the current page – need to re-word 

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Link is to something on the page, and isn't working properly. Should be Alicia's paper. 

Also statement should be softer. "Has not been shown they can be linearized" 

2026-04-01General TSO JWST Time-Series Observations TSO Saturation
  • "TSOs of very bright targets" - reframe mention of NIRISS multistripe subarrays to also include NIRSpec
  • "Is it possible to use multistripe subarrays?" as a bullet point 
    • remove "It is important to note that NIRISS SOSS serves as a special case, as new multistripe subarrays have been designed for implementation in Cycle 5 that are capable of observing any transit host without saturation."

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Duplicate of issue close to top of table

2026-04-01General TSO JWST Time-Series Noise Sources

placeholder: noise sources for multistripe observations (if we find one) 


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2026-04-01General TSO JWST Time-Series Observations Known Issuesmention that for multistripe, integrations are defined differently (add formula for multistripe)

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2026-04-01General TSO JWST Time-Series Observations Known Issues

for Exposures/Dith, mention that for MIRI, NIRCam, and NIRISS it's a single activity – but different for NIRSpec (

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Cassese long TSO not formally published so holding off on specific reference. 

2026-04-01General TSO JWST Time-Series Observations Known Issuescheck if NIRSpec has timestamp difference blurb, otherwise mention or link here 

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2026-06-03General TSOJWST Time-Series Observations TSO Saturation Add link to NIRSpec PRISM multistripe subarrays

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