HST Calibration Workshop: November 15-17 - STScI, Baltimore. ===================================== 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 ====================== 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. ======================== 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