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Calibration needs for photometry with wide field imagers. Fernando J. Selman. What accuracy? The importance of simulations The need to match bandpasses How should the data be obtained? How should the data be processed? How should the data be archived?. Photometric redshifts 5%.
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Calibration needs for photometry with wide field imagers Fernando J. Selman • What accuracy? • The importance of simulations • The need to match bandpasses • How should the data be obtained? • How should the data be processed? • How should the data be archived?
Photometric redshifts 5% Stellar rotation: <1% F. Barrientos, PUC Massive stars photometry 1% What accuracy? this depends on the application...
simulatedreddening law in the WFI system Fitzpatrick 1999
We thus need... - a set of fields at: low airmasses, equator, SCP.-If we can match the bandpasses we need a set of standards, with magnitudes known to within 1%, across the sky, and that is it.- If we can not match band-passes (likely), we need to either: (a) do a full determination of the photometric system: primary and secondary standards, or (b) a set of standard stars with varying luminosity classes, and reddenings, observed in both systems.
How should the data be obtained? Dither Dual-dither Jitter -homogeneity of ctxt map -pixel data from same CCD - e.g. High precision light curves, proper motion of LG dwarfs -complexf ctxt map -couple CCDs - e.g. Precission photometry accros field -designed for precise sky sub. - e.g. Precission photometry of extended features, intergalactic light in clusters. Spacial strategies Spacio-temporal strategies
Processing and archiving • Raw data • Observed images (VISTA?) • Ancillary information • Calibration results • Calibration files time stamped • Reduced images • Single observation • Coadded images • Software • Methods (pipelines) for processing calibration (depends on how data was obtained) • Configuration files • Source lists – catalogues • Extracted source information (how to extract depends on what the user wants to do: e.g. barycenters vs PSF fitting) • Associated among different data objects Modified from Valentijn 2003