Overview
WFC3 Calibration Plan
Initial calibration of WFC3 has taken place on the ground in simulated orbital conditions. Shortly after launch, observations were used to assess the on-orbit performance of the camera during a period called Servicing Mission Orbital Verification (SMOV). As with the other HST instruments, calibrations will be periodically updated through new observations campaigns every year.
Every cycle, the WFC3 team executes a routine set of monitoring programs for the UVIS and IR detectors. This plan is designed to:
- Monitor the health of the instrument
- throughput, gain, hysteresis, bad/hot pixels, sink pixels, CTE decline, stability of the post-flash LED, filter transmission, state of the CSM, number of IR blobs, flux and wavelength stability of the grisms
- Maintain and update the standard reference files
- biases, darks, linearity, CTE traps, UVIS anomalous QE pixels, post-flash, flats, photometric calibration
- Support new initiatives and obtain supplemental (non-routine) calibration data to investigate any changes
The results of these calibration programs are documented as they become available via Instrument Science Reports on the WFC3 ISR webpage.
Cycle 32
11/2024-10/2025 (12 months)
Cycle 31 Accordion
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Program IDs Description 17665 WFC3 UVIS Anneal 17666 WFC3 UVIS Bowtie Monitor 17667 WFC3 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor Part 1 17668 WFC3 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor Part 2 17669 WFC3 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor Part 3 17670 WFC3 UVIS CCD Unflashed (CTE) Monitor 17671 WFC3 UVIS Post-flash Monitor 17672 WFC3 UVIS CCD Gain Stability 17673 WFC3 UVIS CTI Monitor (EPER) 17674 WFC3 UVIS CTE Monitor (star cluster) 17675 WFC3 Characterization of UVIS traps with Charge Injection 17676 WFC3 UVIS CTE Internal Monitor 17677 WFC3 IR Dark Monitor 17678 WFC3 IR Linearity Monitor 17679 WFC3 IR Gain Monitor 17680 WFC3 UVIS Shutter Monitoring 17681 WFC3 UVIS and IR Photometry 17682 WFC3 UVIS Time Dependent Sensitivity 17683 WFC3 IR Time Dependent Sensitivity in Clusters 17684 WFC3 IR Time-Dependent Sensitivity: Spatial Scans 17685 HST Focus & Optical Monitor 17686 WFC3 UVIS Grism Wavelength Calibration 17687 WFC3 IR Grism Wavelength Calibration 17688 WFC3 IR Grism Flux/Trace Monitor 17689 WFC3 UVIS Pixel-to-Pixel QE Variations via Internal Flats 17690 WFC3 UVIS Internal Flats 17691 WFC3 IR Internal Flats 17692 WFC3 CSM Monitor with Earth Flats 17693 WFC3 Astrometric Scale Monitoring 17893 Impact of Single-Star Guiding on HST Pointing Stability with WFC3/UVIS
17905 Astrometric Cross Calibration for JWST and HST (ACS and WFC3) 17906 HST/WFC3 Observations for Cross-Mission Flux Calibration
Cycle 31
11/2023-10/2024 (12 months)
Cycle 31 Accordion
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Program IDs Description WFC3 UVIS Anneal
WFC3 UVIS Bowtie Monitor
WFC3 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor Part 1
WFC3 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor Part 2
WFC3 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor Part 3
WFC3 UVIS CCD Unflashed (CTE) Monitor
WFC3 UVIS Post-flash Monitor
WFC3 UVIS CCD Gain Stability
WFC3 UVIS CTI Monitor (EPER)
WFC3 UVIS CTE Monitor (star cluster)
WFC3 Characterization of UVIS traps with Charge Injection
WFC3 UVIS CTE Internal Monitor
WFC3 IR Dark Monitor
WFC3 IR Linearity Monitor
WFC3 IR Gain Monitor
WFC3 UVIS Shutter Monitoring
WFC3 UVIS and IR Photometry
WFC3 UVIS Time Dependent Sensitivity
WFC3 IR Time Dependent Sensitivity in Clusters
HST Focus & Optical Monitor
WFC3 UVIS Grism Wavelength Calibration
WFC3 IR Grism Wavelength Calibration
WFC3 IR Grism Flux/Trace Monitor
WFC3 UVIS Pixel-to-Pixel QE Variations via Internal Flats
WFC3 UVIS Internal Flats
WFC3 IR Internal Flats
WFC3 CSM Monitor with Earth Flats
WFC3 Astrometric Scale Monitoring
WFC3 IR Time-Dependent Sensitivity: Spatial Scans
Cycle 30
11/2022-10/2023 (12 months)
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Program IDs Description WFC3 UVIS Anneal
16982 WFC3 UVIS Post-flash Monitor
17002 WFC3 UVIS Bowtie Monitor
17003 WFC3 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor Part 1
17004 WFC3 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor Part 2
17005 WFC3 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor Part 3
17006 WFC3 UVIS CCD Unflashed (CTE) Monitor
17007 WFC3 UVIS CCD Gain Stability
17008 WFC3 UVIS CTI Monitor (EPER)
17009 WFC3 UVIS CTE Monitor (star cluster)
17010 WFC3 Characterization of UVIS traps with Charge Injection
17011 WFC3 IR Dark Monitor
17012 WFC3 IR Linearity Monitor
17013 WFC3 IR Gain Monitor
17014 WFC3 UVIS Shutter Monitoring
17015 WFC3 UVIS and IR Photometry
17016 WFC3 Time Dependent Sensitivity
17017 WFC3 IR Wavelength Calibration
17018 WFC3 IR Flux/Trace Monitor
17019 WFC3 UVIS Pixel-to-Pixel QE Variations via Internal Flats
17020 WFC3 UVIS Internal Flats
17021 WFC3 IR Internal Flats
17022 WFC3 CSM Monitor with Earth Flats
17023 WFC3 Astrometric Scale Monitoring
17258 HST Cycle 30 Focus & Optical Monitor
17259 WFC3 UVIS CTE Internal Monitor
17260 WFC3 IR Time-Dependent Sensitivity: Clusters
17261 WFC3 IR Time-Dependent Sensitivity: Scans
17262 WFC3 UVIS Faint-Source CTE Characterization
17265 WFC3 Shutter Timing Jitter and FLASH with UVIS grism
17271 WFC3 UVIS Deep PSFs
Cycle 29
11/2021-10/2022 (12 months)
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Program IDs Description 16564 WFC3 UVIS Anneal 16565 WFC3 UVIS Bowtie Monitor 16566 WFC3 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor Part 1 16567 WFC3 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor Part 2 16568 WFC3 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor Part 3 16569 WFC3 UVIS CCD Unflashed (CTE) Monitor 16570 WFC3 UVIS Post-flash Monitor 16571 WFC3 UVIS CCD Gain Stability 16572 WFC3 UVIS CTI Monitor (EPER) 16573 WFC3 UVIS CTE Monitor (star cluster) 16574 WFC3 Characterization of UVIS traps with Charge Injection 16575 WFC3 IR Dark Monitor 16576 WFC3 IR Linearity Monitor 16577 WFC3 IR Gain Monitor 16578 WFC3 UVIS Shutter Monitoring 16579 WFC3 UVIS and IR Photometry 16580 WFC3 Time Dependent Sensitivity 16581 WFC3 UVIS Grism Wavelength Calibration 16582 WFC3 IR Wavelength Calibration 16583 WFC3 IR Flux/Trace Monitor 16584 WFC3 UVIS Pixel-to-Pixel QE Variations via Internal Flats 16585 WFC3 UVIS Internal Flats 16586 WFC3 IR Internal Flats 16587 WFC3 CSM Monitor with Earth Flats 16588 WFC3 Astrometric Scale Monitoring 16861 Testing a New Method for Pinning Down CTE Losses 16862 Supplemental Empirical CTE Calibrations for Photometry and Astrometry 16863 CTE Evaluation of Resolved Objects 16864 WFC3/IR Time-Dependent Sensitivity in Staring Mode (Clusters)
Cycle 28
11/2020-10/2021 (12 months)
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Program ID Description 16414 WFC3 UVIS Anneal 16393 WFC3 UVIS Bowtie Monitor 16394 WFC3 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor Part 1 16395 WFC3 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor Part 2 16396 WFC3 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor Part 3 16397 WFC3 UVIS CCD Unflashed (CTE) Monitor 16398 WFC3 UVIS Post-flash Monitor 16399 WFC3 UVIS CCD Gain Stability 16400 WFC3 UVIS CTI Monitor (EPER) 16401 WFC3 UVIS CTE Monitor (Star Cluster) 16402 WFC3 UVIS Traps with Charge Injection 16403 WFC3 IR Dark Monitor 16404 WFC3 IR Linearity Monitor 16405 WFC3 IR Gain Monitor 16406 WFC3 UVIS Shutter Monitoring 16415 WFC3 UVIS and IR Photometry 16416 WFC3 UVIS Time Dependent Sensitivity 16407 WFC3 IR Grism Wavelength Calibration 16408 WFC3 IR Grism Flux Calibration 16409 WFC3 UVIS Pixel-to-Pixel QE Variations via Int Flats 16410 WFC3 UVIS Internal Flats 16411 WFC3 IR Internal Flats 16412 WFC3 CSM Monitor with Earth Flats 16413 WFC3 Astrometric Scale Monitoring 16439 WFC3 IR Time Dependent Sensitivity 16440 WFC3 UVIS CTE: A Direct Approach to Model Pinning 16441 WFC3 UVIS: CTE Effects for the Faintest Point Sources
Cycle 27
11/2019 - 10/2020 (12 months)
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Proposal ID Description 15712 WFC3 UVIS Anneal 15713 WFC3 UVIS Bowtie Monitor 15714 WFC3 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor (Darks and Biases) Part 1 15715 WFC3 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor (Darks and Biases) Part 2 15716 WFC3 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor (Darks and Biases) Part 3 15717 WFC3 UVIS CCD Unflashed (CTE) Monitor 15718 WFC3 UVIS Post-flash Monitor 15719 WFC3 UVIS CCD Gain Stability 15720 WFC3 UVIS CTI Monitor (EPER) 15721 WFC3 UVIS CTE Monitor (star cluster) 15722 WFC3 Characterization of UVIS traps with Charge Injection 15723 WFC3 IR Dark Monitor 15724 WFC3 IR Linearity Monitor 15725 WFC3 IR Gain Monitor 15726 WFC3 UVIS Shutter Monitoring 15727 WFC3 IR Grism Wavelength Calibration 15728 WFC3 IR Grism Flux/trace Calibration 15729 WFC3 UVIS Pixel-to-Pixel QE Variations via Internal Flats 15730 WFC3 UVIS Internal Flats 15731 WFC3 IR Internal Flats 15732 WFC3 CSM Monitor with Earth Flats 15733 WFC3 Astrometric Scale Monitoring 16020 WFC3 Tungsten Lamp Warmup 16021 WFC3 UVIS Time Dependent Sensitivity 16022 WFC3 UVIS Grism Wavelength Calibration 16023 WFC3 UVIS Grism Flux Calibration 16029 WFC3 UVIS Background Check 16030 WFC3 UVIS & IR Photometry Monitor
Cycle 26
11/2018 - 10/2019 (12 months)
WFC3 Calibration in Cycles 23-26: ISR 2018-12
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Program ID Description 14529 WFC3 UVIS Anneal 14530 UVIS Bowtie Monitor 14531 WFC3 UVIS Daily Monitor A 14532 WFC3 UVIS Daily Monitor B 14533 WFC3 UVIS Daily Monitor C 14534 WFC3 UVIS Unflashed Monitor 14535 UVIS Post-Flash monitor 14536 WFC3 UVIS CCD Gain Stability 14537 IR Dark Monitor 14538 WFC3 IR Linearity Monitor 14539 WFC3 IR Gain Monitor 14540 UVIS CTI Monitor (EPER) 14541 WFC3 UVIS CTE Monitor (Star cluster) 14542 Characterization of UVIS traps with CI 14543 WFC3 IR grism Wavelength calibration 14544 WFC3 IR grism flux/trace calibration 14545 WFC3 UVIS grism Wavelength calibration 14546 UVIS Pixel-to-Pixel QE Variations via Internal Flats 14547 UVIS internal Flats 14548 IR Internal Flats 14549 CSM Monitor with Earth Flats 14550 Astrometry Monitoring 14815 UVIS Contamination Monitor 14868 Improved Precision, Wavelength Dependence of the IR Count-Rate Non-linearity 14870 IR Zeropoint Linearity 14871 Improving the CALSPEC Model for GRW+70D5824 14878 UVIS Contamination using Spatial scans 14879 UVIS Sink Pixel Map Update 14880 UVIS CTE Model Re-Characterization 14881 UVIS CTE Pixel-Based Model Evaluation 14882 UVIS Shutter Monitoring 14883 WFC3 UVIS & IR Photometry
Cycle 25
11/2017 - 10/2018 (12 months)
WFC3 Calibration in Cycles 23-26: ISR 2018-12
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Program ID Description 14978 WFC3 UVIS Anneal 14979 WFC3 UVIS Bowtie Monitor 14980 WFC3 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor (darks & biases) (Part 1) 14981 WFC3 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor (darks & biases) (Part 2) 14982 WFC3 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor (darks & biases) (Part 3) 14983 WFC3 UVIS CCD Un-flashed Monitor 14984 WFC3 UVIS Post-flash Monitor 14985 WFC3 UVIS CCD Gain Stability 14986 WFC3 IR Dark Monitor 14987 WFC3 IR Linearity Monitor 14988 WFC3 IR Gain Monitor 14989 WFC3 UVIS CTI monitor (EPER) 14990 WFC3 UVIS CTE monitor (star cluster) 14991 WFC3 Characterization of UVIS traps with CI 14992 WFC3 UVIS & IR photometry 14993 WFC3 IR grisms wavelength calibration 14994 WFC3 IR grisms flux/trace calibration 14995 WFC3 UVIS grism wavelength calibration 14996 WFC3 UVIS Pixel-to-Pixel QE Variations via Internal Flats 14997 WFC3 UVIS Internal Flats 14998 WFC3 IR Internal Flats 14999 WFC3 CSM monitor with Earth Flats 15000 WFC3 Astrometric scale monitoring 15397 UVIS shutter monitoring 15398 UVIS contamination monitor (staring and scans) 15399 UVIS Supplemental Photometry: Color Terms & Revisiting M512C 15400 Mitigating Persistence for Time-Series Observations
Cycle 24
11/2016 - 10/2017 (12 months)
WFC3 Calibration in Cycles 23-26: ISR 2018-12
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Program ID Description 14529 WFC3 UVIS Anneal 14530 UVIS Bowtie Monitor 14531 WFC3 UVIS Daily Monitor A 14532 WFC3 UVIS Daily Monitor B 14533 WFC3 UVIS Daily Monitor C 14534 WFC3 UVIS Unflashed Monitor 14535 UVIS Post-Flash monitor 14536 WFC3 UVIS CCD Gain Stability 14537 IR Dark Monitor 14538 WFC3 IR Linearity Monitor 14539 WFC3 IR Gain Monitor 14540 UVIS CTI Monitor (EPER) 14541 WFC3 UVIS CTE Monitor (Star cluster) 14542 Characterization of UVIS traps with CI 14543 WFC3 IR grism Wavelength calibration 14544 WFC3 IR grism flux/trace calibration 14545 WFC3 UVIS grism Wavelength calibration 14546 UVIS Pixel-to-Pixel QE Variations via Internal Flats 14547 UVIS internal Flats 14548 IR Internal Flats 14549 CSM Monitor with Earth Flats 14550 Astrometry Monitoring 14815 UVIS Contamination Monitor 14868 Improved Precision, Wavelength Dependence of the IR Count-Rate Non-linearity 14870 IR Zeropoint Linearity 14871 Improving the CALSPEC Model for GRW+70D5824 14878 UVIS Contamination using Spatial scans 14879 UVIS Sink Pixel Map Update 14880 UVIS CTE Model Re-Characterization 14881 UVIS CTE Pixel-Based Model Evaluation 14882 UVIS Shutter Monitoring 14883 WFC3 UVIS & IR Photometry
Cycle 23
11/2015 - 10/2016 (12 months)
WFC3 Calibration in Cycles 23-26: ISR 2018-12
Accordion
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Program ID Description 14366 WFC3 UVIS Anneal 14367 UVIS Bowtie Monitor 14368 WFC3 UVIS Daily Monitor A 14369 WFC3 UVIS Daily Monitor B 14370 WFC3 UVIS Daily Monitor C 14371 WFC3 UVIS Unflashed Monitor 14372 UVIS post-flash monitor 14373 WFC3 UVIS CCD Gain Stability 14374 IR Dark Monitor 14375 WFC3 IR Linearity Monitor 14376 WFC3 IR Gain Monitor 14377 UVIS CTI Monitor (EPER) 14378 WFC3 UVIS CTE Monitor (Star cluster) 14379 WFC3 UVIS Traps with CI 14380 WFC3 IR Persistence: Amplitude Variations 14381 WFC3 IR Persistence: Improve the Position Dependent Model 14382 WFC3/UVIS contamination and stability monitor 14383 WFC3 UVIS Shutter Characterization 14384 WFC3 UVIS & IR Photometry Zero Points 14385 IR grisms: wavelength calibration 14386 IR grisms: trace and flux calibration 14387 WFC3 UVIS Grism wavelength Calibration Stability 14388 WFC3 -First Grism Order Calibration in IR Grisms 14389 WFC3 UVIS Pixel variations via int-flat monitor 14390 UVIS Internal flats 14391 IR internal flats 14392 WFC3 CSM monitor Earth Flats 14393 WFC3 Astrometric Calibration of all remaining UVIS filters 14394 WFC3 Time Dependence of X-CTE & Astrometry
Cycle 22
11/2014 - 10/2015 (12 months)
WFC3 Cycle 22 Calibration Program: ISR 2015-07
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Program ID Description 14000 UVIS Anneal 14001 UVIS Bowtie monitor 14002 UVIS Daily Monitor (a) 14003 UVIS Daily Monitor (b) 14004 UVIS Daily Monitor (c) 14005 UVIS Unflashed Monitor 14006 UVIS Post-Flash Monitor 14007 UVIS CCD Gain Stability 14008 IR Dark Monitor 14009 IR Linearity Monitor 14010 IR Gain Monitor 14011 UVIS CTI Monitor (EPER) 14012 UVIS CTE Monitor (Star cluster) 14013 UVIS CTE in subarrays 14014 UVIS Traps with CI 14015 Refining IR Persistence Model 14016 Short term IR Persistence 14017 Persistence after Worst Actors 14018 UVIS Contam Monitor 14019 UVIS Shutter Characterization 14020 Photometric Repeatibility 14021 UVIS & IR Photometry Zero Points 14022 IR Observations of Red CALSPEC Stars 14023 IR Grism wavelength Calibration stability 14024 IR Grisms flux and trace calibration stability 14025 UVIS Grism wavelength Calibration stability 14026 UVIS Grisms flux and trace calibration stability 14027 UVIS Pixel variations via int-flat monitor 14028 UVIS Internal Flats 14029 IR Internal Flats 14030 CSM monitor Earth Flats 14031 Astrometric Validation of UVIS Filters 13929 High precision calibration of UVIS Geometric distortion
Cycle 21
11/2013 - 10/2014 (12 months)
WFC3 Cycle 21 Calibration Program: ISR 2014-07
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Program ID Description 13554 UVIS Anneal 13555 UVIS Bowtie Monitor 13556 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor A 13557 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor B 13558 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor C 13559 UVIS CCD un-flashed Monitor 13560 UVIS post-flash Monitor 13561 UVIS CCD Gain Stability 13562 IR Dark Monitor 13563 IR Linearity Monitor 13564 IR Gain Monitor 13565 UVIS CTI Monitor (EPER) 13566 UVIS CTE Monitor (star cluster) 13567 CTE Characterization with post-flashed Darks 13568 Charatcerizatopm of the charge-level Dependence of CTE Losses 13569 Characterization of UVIS Traps with CI 13570 UVIS & IR Geometric Distortion 13571 High Precision Astrometry 13572 IR Persistence Model Tests 13573 Trapping Mitigation in Spatial Scan Observations of Exosolar Planets 13574 WFC3 Contamination & Stability Monitor 13575 WFC3 UVIS & IR Photometry 13576 IR Grisms: Cross Check Sensitivity Function of Hot and Cool Stars 13577 UVIS Grisms: Flux Calibration 13578 UVIS Grisms: Wavelength Calibration 13579 IR Grisms: Flux Calibration 13580 IR Grisms: Wavelength Calibration 13581 IR Grisms: Sky Characterization 13582 Calibration of the IR Grism Wavelength ZPs 13583 UV Flats Spatial Scan 13584 UV Flat Field Validation 13585 CCD Anomalous QE Pixels 13586 UVIS Internal Flats 13587 IR Internal Flats 13588 CSM Monitor with Earth Flats
Cycle 20
11/2012 - 10/2013 (12 months)
WFC3 Cycle 20 Calibration Program: ISR 2013-05
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Program ID Description 13071 UVIS Anneal 13072 UVIS Bowtie Monitor 13073 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor A 13074 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor B 13075 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor C 13076 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor D 13168 UVIS CCD Gain Stability 13078 UVIS Post-Flash Monitor 13077 IR Dark Monitor 13079 IR Linearity Monitor 13080 IR Gain Monitor 13081 Guard Dark for MCT Programs 13082 UVIS CTI Monitor (EPER) 13083 UVIS CTE Monitor (star clusters) 13084 Characterization of UVIS Traps with CI 13085 Line 10 CI Bias 13086 IR Persistance Behaviours as Function of Saturation Time 13087 IR Persistence Model Tests 13088 WFC3 Contamination & Stability Monitor 13089 WFC3 UVIS & IR Photometry 13090 UVIS Grism: Flux Calibratoin 13091 UVIS Grism: Wavelength Calibration 13092 IR Grisms: Flux Calibration 13093 IR Grisms: Wavelength Calibration 13094 IR Grism -1 Order Calibration 13095 UVIS L-Flat via Spatial Scans 13096 UVIS Flat Field Validation 13169 CCD Anomalous QE pixels 13097 UVIS Internal Flats 13098 IR Internal Flats 13099 IR Earth Flats 13100 UVIS & IR Geometric Distortion 13101 High Precision Astrometry
Cycle 19
10/2011 - 10/2012 (13 months)
WFC3 Cycle 19 Calibration Program: ISR 2012-04
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Program ID Description 12687 UVIS Anneal 12688 UVIS Bowtie Monitor 12689 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor 12690 UVIS CCD Gain Stability 12691 UVIS CTI Monitor (EPER) 12692 UVIS CTE Monitor (Star Clusters) 12693 UVIS Charge Injection 12694 IR Persistence Strength 12695 IR Dark Monitor 12696 IR Linearity Monitor 12697 IR Gain Monitor 12698 WFC3 Contamination & Stability Monitor 12699 WFC3 Photometric Calibration & Calibration Flux Ladder 12700 Extending the Range & Precision of the Count Rate non Linearity 12701 WFC3 PSF Wings 12702 IR Grisms: Flux/Trace Calibration & Stability 12703 IR Grisms: Wavelength Calibration & Stability 12704 UVIS Grism: Flux Calibration 12705 UVIS Grism: Wavelength Calibration & Stability 12706 UVIS Flare Wavelength Dependence 12707 UVIS Spatial Sensitivity 12708 IR Spatial Sensitivity 12709 UVIS & IR Moonlit Flats 12710 UVIS Bright Earth Flats 12711 UVIS Internal Flats 12712 IR Internal Flats 12713 Spatial Scanned L-flat Validation Pathfinder 12714 UVIS & IR Geometric Distortion
Cycle 18
10/2010-9/2011 (12 months)
WFC3 Cycle 18 Calibration Plan: ISR 2011-14
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Program ID Title 12333 UVIS & IR Zeropoint Stability Monitor 12334 UVIS & IR Photometric Calibration 12335 IR Color Transformations with asterisms 12336 Scan Enabled Photometry 12337 UVIS Flat Field Stability 12338 IR Flat Field Stability Monitor 12339 UVIS L-Flat Correction 12340 IR L-Flat Correction 12341 IR Blob Photometry Test 12342 UVIS Darks and Bias Monitor 12343 UVIS Anneal 12344 UVIS Bowtie Monitor 12345 UVIS Long Darks Test 12346 UVIS CCD Gain Stability Test 12347 UVIS Internal CTE Monitor: EPER 12348 UVIS Charge Injection Test 12349 IR Dark Monitor 12350 IR Gain Monitor 12351 IR Persistence Experiments 12352 IR Non-linearity (full frame & subarrays) 12353 UVIS & IR Geometric Distortion Corrections 12354 High Contrast Imaging 12355 IR Grism Wavelength and LSF Calibration 12356 IR Grism Wavelength Calibration Stability Test 12357 IR Grism Flux Calibration Monitor 12358 IR Grism L-flat Correction and Indepenent 2-D Wavelength Solution 12359 UVIS Grism Wavelength Calibration 12379 UVIS CTE Monitor: Star Clusters
Cycle 17
8/2009-11/2010 (16 months)
WFC3 Cycle 17 Calibration Plan: ISR 2009-08
WFC3 Cycle 17 Detector Monitoring: ISR 2009-07
WFC3 Photometric Calibration in SMOV and Cycle 17: ISR 2009-05
WFC3 Galactic cluster observations: ISR 2009-06
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Program ID Title 11903 UVIS Zero Points 11904 UVIS Droplets 11905 UVIS CCD Daily Monitor 11906 UVIS CCD Gain 11907 UVIS Contamination Monitor 11908 Bowtie Monitor 11909 UVIS Hot Pixel Anneal 11911 UVIS L-Flats & Geometric Distortion 11912 UVIS Internal Flats 11913 IR Filter Wedge Check 11914 UVIS Earth Flats 11915 IR Internal Flats 11916 IR Intrapixel Sensitivity 11917 IR Earth Flats 11918 UVIS Image Quality 11919 UVIS PSF Wings 11920 IR Image Quality 11921 IR PSF Wings 11922 UVIS Fringing 11923 UVIS Filter Wedge Check 11924 UVIS CTE Monitoring 11925 UVIS Linearity 11926 IR Zero Points 11927 IR Persistence 11928 IR L-Flats and Geometric Distortion 11929 IR Dark Monitor 11930 IR Gain 11931 IR Count Linearity 11932 IR Stray Light 11933 IR Rate-Dependent Non-Linearity 11934 UVIS G280 Flux Calibration 11935 UVIS G280 Wavelength Calibration 11936 IR Grism Flux Calibration 11937 IR Grism Wavelength Calibration 11938 UVIS Stray Light 12087 WFC3 IR subarray anomaly 12088 Tungsten lamp warm-up time 12089 Persistence - Part 2 12090 WFC3/UVIS Photometric Calibration - The Spatial Stability of the Detector 12091 WFC3/UVIS Fringe Calibration - Part 2 12092 UVIS Stray Light Characterization 12093 IR non-linearity calibration using subarrays 12094 WFC3/UVIS image skew 12325 Photometry with Spatial Scans
SMOV
5/2009-7/2010
Servicing Mission Orbital Verification (SMOV) took place shortly after the installation of WFC3 on HST during Servicing Mission 4. Below is a list of tests used to verify the performance of the instrument.
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Program ID Description 11357 Load and Dump On-Board Memory 11358 Science Data Buffer Check 11419 UVIS Detector Functional Test 11420 IR Detector Functional Test 11421 Channel Select Mechanism Test 11422 SOFA Test 11423 IR FSM Test 11424 UVIS Initial Alignment 11425 IR Initial Alignment 11426 UVIS SMOV Contamination Monitor 11427 UVIS Shutter Test 11428 D2 Calibration Lamp Test 11431 UVIS Hot Pixel Anneal 11432 UVIS Internal Flats 11433 IR Internal Flats 11434 UVIS Fine Alignment 11435 IR Fine Alignment 11436 UVIS Image Quality 11437 IR Image Quality 11438 UVIS PSF Wings 11439 IR PSF Wings 11440 UVIS Pointing Stability 11441 IR Pointing Stability 11442 FGS-UVIS Alignment 11443 FGS-IR Alignment 11444 UVIS Plate Scale 11445 IR Plate Scale 11446 UVIS Dark Current, Noise, Background 11447 IR Dark Current, Noise, Background 11448 UVIS SAA Passage 11449 IR SAA Passage 11450 UVIS Photometric Zero Points 11451 IR Photometric Zero Points 11452 UVIS Flat Field Uniformity 11453 IR Flat Field Uniformity 11454 Activation Test 11529 UVIS Tungsten Lamp Cross Check 11543 IR Tungsten Lamp Cross Check 11549 UVIS and IR Pointing Stability 11552 Characterization of the WFC3 IR Grisms 11798 UVIS PSF Core Modulation 11808 UVIS Bowtie Monitor
Ground Testing
WFC3 has undergone several iterations of fully integrated instrument testing. This testing took place at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). During thermal vacuum (TV) testing, reference file data were collected and the instrument was characterized and calibrated. The first two TV sessions took place in the winter of 2004 and spring of 2007, and TV3 testing took place in spring of 2008. The links below connect to pages giving the results from the various TV campaigns.
(Additional calibration information is available on the Calibration Plan internal webpage by Bushouse. This page contains links to the science calibration test plan, SMS spreadsheets, and other associated documentation.)
TV Supporting Documents
- Castle ETC, V1.8 (18.8 MB)
- Castle ETC Manual (1.1MB)
- OS (Castle) Input Spreadsheet (23KB)
- SMS Input Spreadsheet, Version 2 (Nov '06) (38KB)
- Old versions of input spreadsheets.
Side Switch Contingency Plan
WFC3 Side Switch Servicing Mission Orbital Verification (SS SMOV) is a contingency plan for a WFC3 re-commissioning on Side 1, following a side switch.
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Program ID Description 13200 WFC3 SS Activation Test 13201 WFC3 SS Science Data Buffer 13202 WFC3 SS UVIS Detector Functional 13203 WFC3 SS IR Detector Functional 13204 WFC3 SS CSM Test 13205 WFC3 SS UVIS SOFA Test 13206 WFC3 SS UVIS Spare Tungsten Lamp 13207 WFC3 SS IR FSM Test 13208 WFC3 SS IR Spare Tungsten Lamp 13209 WFC3 SS UVIS Contamination Monitor 13210 WFC3 SS UVIS Shutter Test 13211 WFC3 SS D2 Cal Lamp Test 13212 WFC3 SS UVIS Internal Flats 13213 WFC3 SS IR Internal Flats 13214 WFC3 SS UVIS Image Quality 13215 WFC3 SS IR Image Quality 13216 WFC3 SS UVIS PSF Wings 13217 WFC3 SS IR PSF Wings 13218 WFC3 SS FGS-UVIS Update 13219 WFC3 SS FGS-IR Update 13220 WFC3 SS UVIS Phot Zero Points 13221 WFC3 SS IR Phot Zero Points 13222 WFC3 SS UVIS Flat Fields Uniformity 13223 WFC3 SS IR Flat Field Uniformity 13224 WFC3 SS UVIS PSF Core Modulation 13225 WFC3 SS Post Flash Check 13226 WFC3 SS UVIS Fine Alignment 13227 WFC3 SS IR Fine Alignment
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