the stis nuv-mama objective prism … … and looking beyond for hst uv slitless spectroscopy
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The STIS NUV-MAMA objective prism … … and looking beyond for HST UV slitless spectroscopy. Jes ú s Ma í z Apell á niz HST Calibration worskhop 26 October 2005. Outline. The STIS objective prism Description Calibration problems MULTISPEC Calibration Flux calibration - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The STIS NUV-MAMA objective prism…
…and looking beyond for HST UV slitless spectroscopy
Jesús Maíz Apellániz
HST Calibration worskhop
26 October 2005
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Outline
• The STIS objective prism– Description– Calibration problems
• MULTISPEC• Calibration
– Flux calibration– Time-dependent sensitivity
• Slitless UV spectroscopy with HST
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The STIS objective
prism
FUV
NUV
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The standard star HS 2027 +0651 with the STIS objective prism
1200 2125
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A crowded field with the STIS objective
prism
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Calibration issues
• Sources– Difficulty of wavelength calibration– Lack of “repeatability” (~10%)
• Diagnostic– Coupling between wavelength and flux calibration: positioning
and geometric distortion are crucial– Strong count gradient @ 3300 Å: PSF effects– TDS effects
• Solution– Flux recalibration and geometric distortion solution– Ad-hoc solution for > 3000 Å– TDS correction
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Flux calibration of the objective prism
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Calibration issues
• Sources– Difficulty of wavelength calibration– Lack of “repeatability” (~10%)
• Diagnostic– Coupling between wavelength and flux calibration: positioning and
geometric distortion are crucial– Strong count gradient @ 3300 Å: PSF effects– TDS effects
• Solution– Flux recalibration, separation by settings (1200 and 2125), and geometric
distortion solution– Ad-hoc solution for > 3000 Å (low precision)– TDS correction
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MULTISPEC
• Slitless-spectra automatic-extraction IDL code
• Profile fitting (with or without residuals)
• Requires:– Spectral exposure (objective prism, grism, grating)
– Image of the field (two filters)
– Image photometry (using e.g. DAOPHOT)
– Optional multiple orientations
– Calibration files (ready for STIS objective prism)
• See http://www.stsci.edu/~jmaiz
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Original measured/reference values
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Sensitivity correction and TDS solution
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New measured/reference values
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Summary of precisions
• Fit to centered isolated stars: 1 % ( < 3000 Å) 10 % ( > 3000 Å)
• Flat-field and variations of the intensity profile across the detector: 3-5 % (lower for isolated stars and dithered data)
• Detector: only Poisson (no read noise)• Background: case-dependent but negligible for bright
stars• Contamination from nearby spectra: case-dependent
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Slitless UV spectroscopy with HST• STIS:
– Slitless and 52x2 datasets in the archive (prism, G140L, G230L)– Will STIS become a born-again instrument?
• ACS:– HRC (1 objective prism): PR200L– SBC (2 objective prisms): PR110L + PR130L
• Possible problems:– Wavelength and flux calibration: yes for prisms (especially
PR200L)– Strong count gradient: minor issue for PR200L– TDS effects: yes for SBC, not for HRC (but CTE)
• Ongoing calibration programs:– Observations of standard stars with very different spectral slopes
and emission line objects (10391,10743)– Observations of crowded, UV-bright clusters (10722, 10736)
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A crowded field with ACS/SBC PR130L