1993 HST Calibration Workshop
Location:
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
3700 San Martin Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218
Description:
Calibrating Hubble Space Telescope is the proceedings from the first HST Calibration Workshop that was held at the Space Telescope Science Institute November 15-17, 1993. These proceedings include discussions on the calibration of each instrument, including the Fine Guidance Sensors. There is also a general section that includes papers on the Optical Telescope Assembly, the HST Calibration Database and information on the calibration of other space observatories namely, the IUE, and the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope.
Notes:
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| Date | Event | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, November 15, 1993 | Workshop | 8:45 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
| Monday, November 15, 1993 | Reception | 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
| Tuesday, November 16, 1993 | Workshop | 8:45 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
| Wednesday, November 17, 1993 | Workshop | 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
Please see the Workshop Agenda for a full breakdown of sessions.
Speakers: John W. MacKenty, Sylvia Baggett, John Biretta, Christine Ritchie and William Sparks
Title: WFPC Status and Performance Changes 1990-1993
Speakers: John A. Biretta, Sylvia M. Baggett, John W. MacKenty, Christine E. Ritchie and William B. Sparks
Title: The WFPC Calibration Pipeline
Speakers: Sylvia M. Baggett and John W. MacKenty
Title: WFPC Observed PSF Library
Speakers: John A. Biretta, Sylvia M. Baggett, John W. MacKenty, Christine E. Ritchie and William B. Sparks
Title: WFPC Flat Field Calibration: Flats and DeltaFlats
Speakers: Andrew C. Phillips, Duncan A. Forbes and Matthew A. Bershady
Title: Flat-Fielding and Photometric Accuracy of the WFC with the F555W and F785LP Filters
Speakers: Kavan U. Ratnatunga Richard E. Griffiths, Stefano Casertano, Lyman W. Neuschaefer and Eric W. Wyckoff
Title: Calibration of WFPC Images for Quantatitive Analysis of Faint Galaxy Images
Speakers: John A. Biretta, Sylvia M. Baggett, John W. MacKenty, Christine E. Ritchie and William B. Sparks
Title: Introduction to WFPC Photometry
Speaker: William A. Baum
Title: The WFPC Photometric System
Speaker: Robert M. Light
Title: Systematic Errors in WFPC Photometry
Speaker: Peter B. Stetson
Title: Reduction of WFC Images with DAOPHOT III
Speakers: Shaun M. G. Hughes, Peter B. Stetson, Anne Turner, Robert C. Kennicutt Jnr, Robert Hill, Myung Gyoon Lee, Wendy L. Freedman, Jeremy R. Mould, Barry F. Madore, Laura Ferrarese, Holland C. Ford, John A. Graham, John G. Hoessel and Garth D. Illingworth
Title: Ground-Based Calibration of the WFC ALLFRAME Stellar Photometry in M81
Speaker: Lukas Labhardt
Title: Core PSF Photometry from WFC Images
Speakers: Shaun M. G. Hughes, Peter B. Stetson, Anne Turner, Robert C. Kennicutt Jnr, Robert Hill, Myung Gyoon Lee, Wendy L. Freedman, Jeremy R. Mould, Barry F. Madore, Laura Ferrarese, Holland C. Ford, John A. Graham, John G. Hoessel and Garth D. Illingworth
Title: Ground-Based Calibration of the WFC ALLFRAME Stellar Photometry in M81
Speaker: Lukas Labhardt
Title: Core PSF Photometry from WFC Images
Speakers: Antonella Nota, Dave Baxter, Perry Greenfield, Warren Hack, Phil Hodge, Robert Jedrzejewski and Francesco Paresce
Title: FOC Status and Calibration
Speaker: D. A. Baxter
Title: Correcting for Non-Linearity in FOC Imaging Data
Speakers: Ivan R. King, Charles Bartels, Peter Nowak and Warren Hack
Title: Removing Diagonal Stripes from FOC Images
Speakers: Ivan R. King, Jay Anderson and Craig Sosin
Title: Stellar Photometry with the FOC
Speaker: Charles D. (Tony) Keyes
Title: FOS Instrument Status and Performance Changes: 1990 - 1993
Speaker: Anuradha Koratkar
Title: FOS Calibration Pipeline
Speaker: R. C. Bohlin
Title: FOS Aperture Transmissions for Point Sources and Surface Brightness of Diffuse Sources (Pre-COSTAR)
Speakers: Cynthia J. Taylor and Charles D. (Tony) Keyes
Title: Reference Guide and History of FOS Calibration Reference Files and Tables
Speakers: R.W. Lyons, E.A. Beaver, R.D. Cohen and V.T. Junkkarinen
Title: Position Repeatability of Spectra Obtained with the FOS
Speaker: A. L. Kinney
Title: An Introduction to FOS Scattered Light
Speaker: Michael R. Rosa
Title: Background Signals in FOS Data: Cerenkov and Scattered Light
Speakers: Cindy C. Cunningham and John J. Caldwell
Title: Grating Scatter in the HST FOS
Speaker: Charles D. (Tony) Keyes
Title: FOS Flat Fielding
Speakers: Buell T. Jannuzi and George F. Hartig
Title: The HST Quasar Absorption Line Key Project XI: Some Practical Suggestions for Flat Fielding Your FOS Data
Speakers: Cindy C. Cunningham, Christopher D. Barnet and John J. Caldwell
Title: Ultraviolet Calibration Issues in the FOS
Speakers: R.W. Lyons, W.A. Baity, R.D. Cohen and V.T. Junkkarinen
Title: UV Emission Lines in FOS Sky Spectra
Speaker: Ralph Bohlin
Title: Preliminary Comparison of the HST and White Dwarf Absolute Flux Scales
Speakers: Anuradha Koratkar and Charles D. (Tony) Keyes
Title: Summary of the FOS Working Session
Speaker: Stephen J. Hulbert
Title: GHRS Instrument and Calibration Status: 1990-1993
Speaker: Ronald L. Gilliland
Title: Line Spread Functions for GHRS Spectra with the LSA (Pre-COSTAR)
Speakers: Glenn M. Wahlgren, Jennifer L. Sandoval and Don J. Lindler
Title: GHRS Photocathode Blemishes: Discoveries Lurking in the Spectrum
Speakers: David R. Soderblom, Lisa E. Sherbert and Stephen J. Hulbert
Title: An Assessment of the Pipeline Wavelength Calibrations for the First-Order Gratings of the GHRS in Cycle 2
Speakers: David R. Soderblom, Lisa E. Sherbert and Stephen J. Hulbert
Title: Using SPYBALs to Improve Pipeline Wavelength Calibrations for the First-Order Gratings of the GHRS
Speaker: Don J. Lindler
Title: Wavelength Calibration of the GHRS
Speaker: R. D. Robinson
Title: Determining the Vignetting and Echelle Blaze Function for the GHRS
Speakers: E. A. Beaver, R. D. Cohen, A. Diplas, H. Garner, S. R. Heap, M. Loveland and R. D. Robinson
Title: Calibration of GHRS Burst Noise Rejection Techniques
Speakers: Lisa E. Sherbert, Stephen J. Hulbert, Ronald L. Gilliland
Title: Dark Count Statistics for GHRS Detectors: A Test of Noise Rejection with FLYLIM and Joseph P. Skapik
Speakers: Jason A. Cardelli and Dennis C. Ebbets
Title: Attaining High Signal-to-Noise Data with the GHRS
Speakers: Cheng-Hsuan Lyu and Fred C. Bruhweiler
Title: A Power Spectrum Method to Remove Fixed Pattern Noise From GHRS Spectra
Speakers: Stephen J. Hulbert and Wayne E. Baggett
Title: An Evaluation of the Performance of SSA ACQ/PEAKUPs with the GHRS
Speakers: H. Hasan and C. J. Burrows
Title: Calibrations of the HST Optical Telescope Assembly
Speaker: Adeline Caulet
Title: The UV Sky Background
Speakers: Colin Cox and Calvin Tullos
Title: The Calibration Data Base for the HST
Speaker: Krista Rudloff
Title: Post-Observation GO Support
Speaker: David S. Finley
Title: White Dwarfs as Absolute Flux Standards
Speakers: D.J. Lennon, R.-P. Kudritzki, A.W.A. Pauldrach, R. Gabler and S. Haser
Title: NLTE Extended Atmospheres of Massive Stars
Speakers: R. Gonzalez-Riestra, A. Cassatella, H. Bushouse, D. Finley, A. de la Fuente, M. Garhart and M. Perez
Title: The Photometric Calibration of the IUE Final Archive
Speaker: Jeffrey W. Kruk
Title: Calibration of the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
Speakers: P. Linde, R. Snel and S. Spannare
Title: Precision Photometry at the LMC Centre: Simulating Post-COSTAR HST Observations
Speakers: Cheng-Hsuan Lyu and Fred C. Bruhweiler
Title: A Power Spectrum Method to Remove Fixed Pattern Noise From GHRS Spectra
Speakers: Stephen J. Hulbert and Wayne E. Baggett
Title: An Evaluation of the Performance of SSA ACQ/PEAKUPs with the GHRS
Speakers: B. Bucciarelli, S. T. Holfeltz, M. G. Lattanzi, L. G. Taff and P. C. Vener-Saavedra
Title: The Photometric Properties of the HST Astrometer Fine Guidance Sensor
Speakers: W. Jefferys, A. Whipple, Q. Wang, B. McArthur, G. F. Benedict, E. Nelan, D. Story and L. Abramowicz-Reed
Title: Optical Field Angle Distortion Calibration of FGS3
Speakers: A. Whipple, W. Jefferys, Q. Wang, B. McArthur, G. F. Benedict, E. Nelan, D. Story and L. Abramowicz-Reed
Title: Maintaining the FGS3 OFAD Calibration with the Long-Term Stability Test
Speakers: G. F. Benedict, B. McArthur, E. Nelan, D. Story, A. L. Whipple, W. H. Jefferys, Q. Wang, P. J. Shelus, P. D. Hemenway, J. McCartney, Wm. F. van Altena, R. Duncombe, O. G. Franz and L. W. Fredrick
Title: Astrometric Stability and Precision of FGS #3: The Parallax and Proper Motion of Proxima Centauri
Speakers: O. G. Franz, J. N. Kreidl, L. H. Wasserman, A. J. Bradley, G. F. Benedict, R. L. Duncombe, P. D. Hemenway, W. H. Jefferys, B. McArthur, J. E. McCartney, E. Nelan, P. J. Shelus, D. Story, A. L. Whipple, L. W. Frederick, Wm. F. van Altena, M. G. Lattanzi and L. G. Taff
Title: Binary Star Astrometry and Photometry from Transfer-Function Scans with HST FGS3: Calibration, Stability, Precision, and Accuracy
Speakers: T. M. Girard, W. F. van Altena, W. H. Jefferys, G. F. Benedict, P. D. Hemenway, P. J. Shelus, O. G. Franz, L. W. Frederick, E. Nelan, D. Story, A. L. Whipple, B. McArthur, L. Wasserman, J. McCartney, R. L. Duncombe, J. M. Nunez and A. Prades
Title: Centroiding Planetary Camera Stellar Images
Speaker: Shaun Hughes
Title: Ground-Based Calibration of Stellar Photometry in M81 from WFC Images +DAOPHOTII +ALLFRAME
Speakers: T. M. Girard, W. F. van Altena, W. H. Jefferys, G. F. Benedict, P. D. Hemenway, P. J. Shelus, A. L.Whipple, O. G. Franz, L. W. Frederick
Title: Centroiding Planetary Camera Stellar Images
Speakers: Title: Andrew C. Phillips, D. A. Forbes and M. A. Bershady (Lick Observatory)
Title: Flat-Fielding and Photometric Accuracy of the WFC with F555W and F785LP
Speaker: Ed Beaver
Title: Dark Counts and Noise Rejection for GHRS and FOS
Speaker: Ron Lyons (FOS)
Title: Sky Emission Lines in the UV
Speaker: Ron Lyons
Title: Position Repeatability of FOS Spectra
Speaker: Dave Soderblom
Title: Wavelength stability of the GHRS
Speaker: Dave Soderblom
Title: Effects of focus changes on Sensitivity of the GHRS
Speaker: SSA throughput of the GHRS Steve Hulbert
Title: Steve Hulbert
Speaker: Ron Gilliland
Title: LSA Line Spread Function for the GHRS Ron Gilliland
Speaker: Lisa Sherbert
Title: Faint Object Observations with noise rejection with the GHRS
Speaker: Jeffrys et al.
Title: Optical Field Angle Distortion Calibration of FGS3 Jeffrys et al.
Speaker: Whipple et al.
Title: Maintaining FGS3 OFAD with the Long-Term Stability Test
Speaker: Benedict et al.
Title: POS mode Astrometric Stability and Precision of FGS3 - the Parallax and Proper Motion of Proxima Centauri
Speaker: Krista Rudloff
Title: Post Observation GO Support
Chris Blades (LOC Chair)
John Biretta (WF/PC)
Tony Keyes (FOS)
Steven Hulbert (GHRS)
Francesco Paresce (FOC)
Michael Rosa (ST-ECF)
1993 HST Calibration Workshop Materials
November 15, 1993 - November 17, 1993