Correction of Errors in Aperture Description Table
The aperture description (_apd) reference file contains
information on the size and location of the apertures needed
for the pipeline data reduction. This information is used by
calstis to calculate the offset between wavecal and external
exposures, and between the wavecal and the reference
wavelength calibration spectrum. In December 1997, the
default location for targets in slitless apertures were
changed to make them concentric with the standard 0.2x0.2
aperture, and a new apd file was delivered to reflect these
changes. Unfortunately, in early 1999, a version of this
reference file was delivered which contained only the
pre-1997 values for the aperture offsets. For slitless
spectra this caused zero-point errors in the wavelength
solution calculated by calstis equivalent to two CCD pixels.
New apd files have now been delivered with the correct
aperture offsets for each epoch. Smaller updates (<0.3 CCD
pixels) to the positions of other apertures have also been
included.
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