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Ground-Based Photometric Calibration of the Space Telescope CCD Camera

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

D.A. Hunter ,
H.C. Harris ,
W.A. Baum ,
J.H. Jones  and
T.J. Kreidl
D.A. Hunter
Affiliation:
Lowell Observatory, 1400 West Mars Hill Rd., Flagstaff, AZU.S.A.
H.C. Harris
Affiliation:
U.S. Naval Observatory, PO Box 1149, Flagstaff, AZU.S.A.
W.A. Baum
Affiliation:
Lowell Observatory, 1400 West Mars Hill Rd., Flagstaff, AZU.S.A.
J.H. Jones
Affiliation:
Lowell Observatory, 1400 West Mars Hill Rd., Flagstaff, AZU.S.A.
T.J. Kreidl
Affiliation:
Lowell Observatory, 1400 West Mars Hill Rd., Flagstaff, AZU.S.A.

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The Wide-Field and Planetary Camera (WF/PC) is a CCD imaging instrument which is part of the Hubble Space Telescope. Ground-based observations have been made with a CCD system similar to those of the WF/PC in order to establish the standard star sequence to be used for in-flight photometric calibration. Because the WF/PC passbands differ from those in previous photometric use, the filters and CCDs will define a new photometric system. We outline here the procedures used to establish the calibration fields to be used in flight (see Harris et al. 1988 for additional details).

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Joint Commission Meeting
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 8: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXth General Assembly of the IAU, 1988 , 1989 , pp. 631 - 634
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1989

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