The Cycle 17 calibration plan was executed from September 2009 to October 2010. The calibration programs comprising this plan are listed in Table E.4. The proposals and observation dates can be viewed by entering the Proposal ID into the
HST Program Information Web page. The initial plan provided improved photometric, spectroscopic, flat field, and geometric distortion values and additional on-orbit detector characterization. Supplemental programs, beginning with proposal ID 12087, were introduced mid-cycle to provide data needed to improve calibration in specific areas and to characterize problems or anomalies.
The overall Cycle 17 calibration plan is discussed in WFC3 ISR 2009-08, with more details available concerning the photometric calibration of WFC3 (
WFC3 ISR 2009-05) and the detector monitoring campaign (
WFC3 ISR 2009-07). Galactic cluster observations are a cornerstone of the Cycle 17 calibration effort (
WFC3 ISR 2009-06).
