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Yaw

Yaw refers to motion in the y-direction of the telescope. In the case of the nominal dither period, the yaw is 1000 s for ACIS and 1087 s for HRC. Table 5.3 in the POG gives the other default dither parameters in terms of pitch and yaw.

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