HST Calibration Workshop: November 15-17 - STScI, Baltimore.
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Monday 15 November, STScI Auditorium
8:45am Welcome Bob Williams
Introduction Chris Blades
9:00-10:30 Wide Field & Planetary Camera
Session Chair, Jim Westphal (CalTech)
WFPC status and performance changes--1990 through 1993
John Mackenty (STScI) 25 min
WFPC calibration pipeline and major changes
John Biretta (STScI) 15 min
Flat Field Calibration
John Biretta (STScI) - overview, flats & delta flats 20 min
Kavan Ratnatunga(JHU) - faint galaxy calibrations 15 min
10:30-11:00 Morning Coffee
11:00-12:30 WF/PC, continued
Photometric Performance and time dependency
John Biretta (STScI) - introduction 15 min
Bill Baum (U Washington) - the WFPC photometric system 15 min
Bob Light (CalTech/IPAC) - photometry problems 15 min
Peter Stetson (DAO) - photometry with DAOPHOT III 15 min
Lukas Labhardt (Basel) - core PSF photometry 10 min
Discussion
12:30-1:30 Luncheon
1:30-3:00 Faint Object Camera
Session Chair, Bob Fosbury (ST ECF)
FOC status; calibration pipeline; changes, 1990 through 1993
Antonella Nota (STScI) 20 min
Detector Response: sensitivity and linearity
David Baxter (STScI) 30 min
Photometric Performance
Ivan King (UC Berkeley) - FOC photometric system 30 min
Adeline Caulet (ST ECF) The UV sky background 5 min
Discussion
3:00-3:30 Afternoon Tea
3:30-6:00 Faint Object Spectrograph
Session Chair, Ralph Bohlin (STScI)
FOS instrument status and performance changes--1990 through 1993
Tony Keyes (STScI) 20 min
FOS calibration pipeline and major changes
Anuradha Koratkar (STScI) 15 min
Scattered light
Anne Kinney (STScI) & M. Rosa (ST-ECF) 30 min
Flat fielding
Tony Keyes (STScI) & B. Jannuzi (Princeton) 30 min
Absolute Photometry
Ralph Bohlin (STScI) 30 min
Discussion
6:00-8:00 Reception in STScI Cafeteria
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Tuesday 16 November, STScI Auditorium
8:45-10:45 Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph
Session Chair, Bruce Woodgate (GSFC)
GHRS instrument status; calibration pipeline, and major changes, 1990 through 1993
Steve Hulbert (STScI) 20min
High S/N Observations
Jason Cardelli (U Wisconsin) - Fixed-pattern noise removal 20min
Dennis Ebbets (Ball Aerospace) - Scattered Light 20min
Glen Wahlgren (CSC) - Photocathode blemishes 10min
Wavelength calibration
Don Lindler (ACC Inc) - Improved wavelength calibration 20min
Vignetting/Ripple
Richard Robinson (CSC) 20min
Discussion
10:45-11:15 Morning Coffee
11:15-12:00 Telescope Performance; Astrometry
Session Chair, Peter Stockman (STScI)
Focus history - OTA modelling software; scattered light test
H. Hasan (STScI) 45 min
12:00-1:00 Astrometry
Astrometry with HST: The Astrometry Science Team Calibrations
Fritz Benedict (U Texas) 20 min
FGS Calibration Program
Larry Taff (STScI) 20 min
Astrometry with the WF/PC
Roberto Gilmozzi (STScI) 20 min
1:00-2:00 Luncheon
2:00-6:00 Instrument Specific Discussion Group Meetings
Several meeting rooms will be available for parallel splinter
discussion meetings. Possible instrument discussion groups are listed below.
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Wednesday 17 November, STSci Auditorium and meeting rooms
9:00-11:00 Discussion Groups continue in parallel; and a
Special Session on UV flux calibration will be held between 9:00-10:30
Session Chair, Michael Rosa (ST ECF)
UV flux standard stars for HST
Ralph Bohlin (STScI) 15 min
Atmospheric models of White Dwarfs
David Finley (ES Inc) 15 min
NLTE extended atmospheres of massive stars
Danny Lennon (U Munich) 10 min
HUT calibration
Jeff Kruk (JHU) 10 min
IUE final calibration
Rosario Gonzalez-Riestra (VILSPA) 10 min
Discussion
11:00-11:30 Morning Coffee
11:30-12:30 Workshop Wrap-Up, Future Plans
