2002 HST Calibration Workshop
About Event
Location
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
3700 San Martin Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218
Description
Charge-transfer efficiency, pedestal effects, point-spread functions, instrumental throughputs, scattered light, line-spread functions, cosmic-rays... whether we like it or not, the astronomical knowledge that will appear in tomorrow's textbooks hinges on understanding our sometimes imperfect sensory apparati. In addition, pushing the forefronts of science often means pushing the instruments to their limits, where all kinds of calibration "gotchas" may be hiding.
So, come help set the course of astronomical history at the fourth HST Calibration Workshop. The workshop will feature reports from the commissioning of ACS and the re-commissioning of the NICMOS. New calibrations and advances in the understanding of STIS, WFPC2, FOS, GHRS, FOC, and the FGS will also be presented, as will previews of calibration plans for COS and WFC3 which are scheduled to be launched in two years. The workshop is intended to foster sharing of information and techniques between observers, instrument developers, and instrument support teams. There will be sessions of talks, posters, and time for demos or splinter groups on various topics.
The meeting will be held at the Space Telescope Science Insitute, and will immediately follow the Astronomical Data Analysis Software & Systems conference being held in downtown Baltimore earlier the same week. The proceedings of the meeting will be published.
Notes
The fourth HST Calibration Workshop was held October 17-18, 2002 at the Space Telescope Science Institute. The workshop featured reports from the commissioning of Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and the re-commissioning of NICMOS. New calibrations and advances in the understanding of STIS, WFPC2, FOS, and the FGS were also presented, as well as previews of calibration plans for COS and WFC3 which are scheduled to be launched in approximately two years. The workshop was designed to foster the sharing of information and techniques between observers, instrument developers, and instrument support teams. Approximately 120 astronomers attended the workshop which included 32 talks, 40 posters, and time for demos and splinter groups on various topics.
Accordion
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Date Event Time Wednesay, October 16 Reception 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Thursday, October 17 Workshop 9:00 a.m. - 6:10 p.m. Thursday, October 17 Dinner 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Friday, October 18 Workshop 9:00 a.m. - 5:10 p.m. Please see the Workshop Agenda for a full breakdown of sessions.
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ACS Splinter SessionChairperson: Adam Riess
Topics: TBDSTIS Splinter SessionChairperson: Jeff Valenti
Topics: SPECVIEW demoNICMOS Splinter SessionChairperson: Wolfram Freudling
Topics: Polarimetry- Comparison of NICMOS with Adaptive Optics
- Comparison of NICMOS with WFC3
- Data Analysis Issues
WFPC2 Splinter SessionChairperson: Abi Saha
Topics: Final Calibration + Closeout -
- Jay Anderson (University of California at Berkeley)
- Fritz Benedict (McDonald Observatory, University of Texas)
- Torsten Boeker (STScI)
- Ralph Bohlin (STScI)
- Chuck Bowers (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
- Daniela Calzetti (STScI)
- Mark Clampin (STScI)
- Mark Dickinson (STScI)
- Andrew Dolphin (Kitt Peak National Observatory)
- Dennis Ebbets (Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation)
- Wolfram Freudling (ESO-ST-European Coordinating Facility)
- David Golimowski (Johns Hopkins University)
- Paul Goudfrooij (STScI)
- Carol A. Grady (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
- Theodore R. Gull (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
- Dean C. Hines (University of Arizona)
- Erich Karkoschka (University of Arizona)
- Ivan R. King (University of Washington)
- John Krist (STScI)
- Anton Koekemoer (STScI)
- Jennifer Mack (STScI)
- John Mackenty (STScI)
- Ed Nelan (STScI)
- Anna Pasquali (ESO-ST-European Coordinating Facility)
- Charles Proffitt (STScI)
- Adam Riess (STScI)
- Michael R. Rosa (Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility)
- Abi Saha (National Optical Astronomy Observatory)
- Glenn Schneider (University of Arizona)
- Marco Sirianni (Johns Hopkins University)
- Bill Sparks (STScI)
- Rodger Thompson (University of Arizona)
- Brad Whitmore (STScI)
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- Santiago Arribas (co-chair)
- Rosa Diaz-Miller
- Harry Ferguson
- Ronald Gilliland
- Anton Koekemoer
- Ed Nelan
- Charles Proffitt
- Dixie Shipley
- Brad Whitmore (co-chair)
The proceedings will be edited by S. Arribas, A. Koekemoer, and B. Whitmore.
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Speakers: M. Clampin, M. Sirianni, J. P. Blakeslee, and R. L. Gilliland
Title: Status of the Advanced Camera for SurveysSpeaker: J. Anderson
Title: Astrometry with the Advanced Camera: PSFs and Distortion in the WFC and HRC 13Speakers: J. Mack, R. C. Bohlin, R. L. Gilliland, R. van der Marel, G. de Marchi, and J. P. Blakeslee
Title: ACS Flat Fields and Low-order "L-flat" Corrections from Observations of 47 Tucanae 23Speakers: M. Sirianni, G. de Marchi, R. L. Gilliland, R. C. Bohlin, C. Pavlovsky, and J. Mack
Title: On-orbit Sensitivity of ACSSpeakers: A. Pasquali, N. Pirzkal, and J. R. Walsh
Title: The Wavelength Calibration of the WFC GrismSpeaker: A. Riess
Title: Growth of Hot Pixels and Degradation of CTE for ACSSpeaker: W. B. Sparks
Title: ACS Calibration SoftwareSpeakers: C. Cox and R. L. Gilliland
Title: The Effect of Velocity Aberration on ACS Image ProcessingSpeakers: R. L. Gilliland and A. Riess
Title: Extreme Red Sensitivity of ACS / WFCSpeakers: G. R. Meurer, D. Lindler, J. P. Blakeslee, C. Cox, A. R. Martel, H. D. Tran, R. J. Bouwens,H. C. Ford, M. Clampin, G. F. Hartig, M. Sirianni, and G. de Marchi
Title: Calibration of Geometric Distortion in the ACS Detectors -
Speakers: M. Mutchler, A. M. Koekemoer, and W. Hack
Title: Drizzling Dithered ACS Images - A DemonstrationSpeakers: N. Pirzkal, A. Pasquali, and J. R. Walsh
Title: Flat-fielding of ACS WFC Grism DataSpeaker: K. U. Ratnatunga
Title: Statistical Analysis of ACS Data without Covariance in ErrorsSpeakers: M. Sirianni, A. R. Martel, M. J. Jee, D. Van Orsow, and W. B. Sparks
Title: Bias Subtraction and Correction of ACS / WFC FramesSpeakers: H.D.Tran,G.R. Meurer, H.C. Ford, A. R.Martel,M. Sirianni, R.C. Bohlin, M. Clampin,C. Cox, G. de Marchi, G. F. Hartig, R. A. Kimble, and V. Argabright
Title: On-Orbit Performance of the ACS Solar Blind ChannelSpeakers: J. R. Walsh, N. Pirzkal, and A. Pasquali
Title: Modelling the Fringing of the ACS CCD Detectors -
Speakers: C. R. Proffitt, P. Goudfrooij, T. M. Brown, J. E. Davies, R. I. Diaz-Miller, L. Dressel,J. Kim Quijano, J. Maíz-Apellániz, B. Mobasher, M. Potter, K. C. Sahu, D. J. Stys,J. Valenti, N. R. Walborn, R. C. Bohlin, P. Barrett, I. Busko, and P. Hodge
Title: STIS Calibration StatusSpeakers: P. Goudfrooij and R. A. Kimble
Title: Correcting STIS CCD Photometry for CTE LossSpeaker: R. C. Bohlin
Title: STIS Flux CalibrationSpeakers: C. W. Bowers and D. Lindler
Title: STIS Echelle Blaze Shift CorrectionSpeakers: C. A. Grady, C. R. Proffitt, E. M. Malumuth, B. E. Woodgate, T. R. Gull, C. W. Bowers,S. R. Heap, R. A. Kimble, D. Lindler, and P. Plait
Title: Coronagraphic Imaging with HST and STISSpeakers: T. R. Gull, D. Lindler, D. Tennant, C.W. Bowers, C. A. Grady, R. S. Hill, and E. M.Malumuth
Title: The STIS CCD Spectroscopic Line Spread FunctionsSpeakers: M. R. Rosa, A. Alexov, P. Bristow, and F. Kerber
Title: FOS Post-Operational Archive and STIS Calibration EnhancementSpeaker: T. R. Ayres
Title: Accuracy and Precision of Measuring Emission Line Velocities with the Space TelescopeImaging SpectrographSpeakers: P. Bristow, A. Alexov, F. Kerber, and M. R. Rosa
Title: Modelling Charge Transfer on the STIS CCDSpeakers: T. M. Brown and J. E. Davies
Title: STIS Status after the Switch to Side 2 -
Speakers: N. R. Collins, T. R. Gull, C. W. Bowers, and D. Lindler
Title: Optimal Extraction with Sub-sampled Line-Spread FunctionsSpeakers: R. I. Diaz-Miller, J. Kim Quijano, J. Valenti, C. R. Proffitt, K. C. Sahu, R. C. Bohlin,T. M. Brown, and D. Lindler
Title: Recent Improvements to STIS Pipeline CalibrationSpeakers: R. A. Jansen, N. R. Collins, and R. A. Windhorst
Title: Autofilet.pro: An Improved Method for Automated Removal of Herring-bone PatternNoise from CCD DataSpeakers: E. M. Malumuth, R. S. Hill, T. R. Gull, B. E. Woodgate, C. W. Bowers, R. A. Kimble,D. Lindler, R. J. Hill, E. S. Cheng, D. A. Cottingham, Y. Wen, and S. D. Johnson
Title: Removing Fringes from STIS Slitless Spectra and WFC3 CCD ImagesSpeakers: C. R. Proffitt, J. E. Davies, T. M. Brown, and B. Mobasher
Title: Absolute Flux Calibration of STIS ImagingModesSpeakers: D. J. Stys, N. R. Walborn, I. Busko, P. Goudfrooij, C. R. Proffitt, and K. C. Sahu
Title: Sensitivity Monitor Report for the STIS First-Order ModesSpeakers: J. Valenti, I. Busko, J. Kim Quijano, D. Lindler, and C. W. Bowers
Title: 2-D Algorithm for Removing STIS Echelle Scattered Light -
Speakers: A. B. Schultz , D. Calzetti, S. Arribas, T. Böker, M. Dickinson, S. Malhotra, L. Mazzuca,B. Mobasher, K. Noll, E. W. Roye, M. Sosey, T.Wiklind, and C. Xu
Title: NICMOS StatusSpeakers: T. Böker, L. E. Bergeron, L. Mazzuca, M. Sosey, and C. Xu
Title: NICMOS Detector Performance in the NCS EraSpeakers: M. Dickinson, M. Sosey, M. Rieke, R. C. Bohlin, and D. Calzetti
Title: NICMOS Photometric CalibrationSpeakers: R. I. Thompson and W. Freudling
Title: NICMOS Grism CalibrationsSpeaker: G. Schneider
Title: Coronagraphy with NICMOSSpeaker: D. C. Hines
Title: Polarimetry with NICMOSSpeakers: S. Arribas, S. Malhotra, D. Calzetti, L. E. Bergeron, T. Böker, M. Dickinson, L. Mazzuca,B. Mobasher, K. Noll, E. W. Roye, A. B. Schultz , M. Sosey, T. Wiklind, and C. Xu
Title: NICMOS Cycle 10 and Cycle 11 Calibration PlansSpeakers: E. W. Roye and A. B. Schultz
Title: NCS NICMOS Focus and Coma AnalysisSpeakers: A. B. Schultz and H. Bushouse
Title: Combining NICMOS Parallel ObservationsSpeaker: M. Sosey
Title: NICMOS User Tools and Calibration Software Updates -
Speaker: B. C. Whitmore
Title: WFPC2 Status and OverviewSpeaker: A. M. Koekemoer
Title: WFPC2 Calibration and Close-OutSpeaker: A. E. Dolphin
Title: WFPC2 CTE CharacterizationSpeakers: I. R. King and J. Anderson
Title: An Improved Distortion Solution for WFPC2Speakers: E. Karkoschka and A. M. Koekemoer
Title: WFPC2 Flatfields with Reduced Noise and an Anomaly of Filter FQCH4N-DSpeakers: G. Brammer, A. M. Koekemoer, and B. Kiziltan
Title: Using MultiDrizzle to Combine Dithered WFPC2 ImagesSpeakers: G. Brammer, B. C. Whitmore, and A. M. Koekemoer
Title: WFPC2 Pointing UncertaintiesSpeakers: I. Heyer, M. Richardson, B. C. Whitmore, and L. M. Lubin
Title: The Accuracy of WFPC2 Photometric ZeropointsSpeakers: A. M. Koekemoer, A. S. Fruchter, R. N. Hook, and W. Hack
Title: MultiDrizzle: An Integrated Pyraf Script for Registering, Cleaning and CombiningImagesSpeakers: A.M. Koekemoer, S. Gonzaga, I. Heyer, L.M. Lubin, V. Kozhurina-Platais, and B. C. Whitmore
Title: WFPC2 Re-Commissioning After Servicing Mission 3B -
Speaker: J. Maíz-Apellániz
Title: Photometry of Saturated Stars in CCD ImagesSpeakers: M. McMaster and B. C. Whitmore
Title: Updated Contamination Rates for WFPC2 UV FiltersSpeakers: V. Kozhurina-Platais, S. Casertano, and A. M. Koekemoer
Title: Toward a Multi-Wavelength Geometric Distortion Solution for WFPC2Speakers: B. C. Whitmore and I. Heyer
Title: Charge Transfer Efficiency for Very Faint Objects and a Reexamination of the Long vs.Short Problem for the WFPC2 -
Speakers: E. Nelan and R. Makidon
Title: Optical Interferometry with HST / FGS at V > 15Speakers: B. McArthur, G. F. Benedict, W. H. Jefferys, and E. Nelan
Title: The Optical Field Angle Distortion Calibration of HST Fine Guidance Sensors 1R and 3Speaker: J. W. MacKenty
Title: Wide Field Camera 3: Design, Status, and Calibration PlansSpeakers: S. V. Penton, S. Béland, and E. Wilkinson
Title: Calibration Status of the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph DetectorsSpeakers: P. Kalas, D. Le Mignant, F. Marchis, and J. R. Graham
Title: Coronagraphic Imaging: Keck II AO and HST ACS Compared