Calibrations of LSST camera and telescope systems

David Burke; Tim Axelrod; Chuck Claver; James Frank; John Geary; Kirk Gilmorel; Zeljko Ivezic; Victor Krabbendam; David Monet; Paul O'Connor; John Oliver; Ed Olszewski; Philip Pinto; Abhijit Saha; Chris Smith; Christopher Stubbs; Peter Takacs; Anthony Tyson

doi:10.1117/12.673271

Calibrations of LSST camera and telescope systems

David Burke, Tim Axelrod, Chuck Claver, James Frank, John Geary, Kirk Gilmorel, Zeljko Ivezic, Victor Krabbendam, David Monet, Paul O'Connor, John Oliver, Ed Olszewski, Philip Pinto, Abhijit Saha, Chris Smith, Christopher Stubbs, Peter Takacs, Anthony Tyson

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Abstract

Science studies made by the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will reach systematic limits in nearly all cases. Requirements for accurate photometric measurements are particularly challenging. Advantage will be taken of the rapid cadence and pace of the LSST survey to use celestial sources to monitor stability and uniformity of photometric data. A new technique using a tunable laser is being developed to calibrate the wavelength dependence of the total telescope and camera system throughput. Spectroscopic measurements of atmospheric extinction and emission will be made continuously to allow the broad-band optical flux observed in the instrument to be corrected to flux at the top of the atmosphere. Calibrations with celestial sources will be compared to instrumental and atmospheric calibrations.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.673271
State	Published - 2006
Event	Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes - Orlando, FL, United States Duration: May 24 2006 → May 31 2006

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	6267 I
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Other	Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando, FL
Period	5/24/06 → 5/31/06

Keywords

Calibration
LSST
Photometry

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Burke, D., Axelrod, T., Claver, C., Frank, J., Geary, J., Gilmorel, K., Ivezic, Z., Krabbendam, V., Monet, D., O'Connor, P., Oliver, J., Olszewski, E., Pinto, P., Saha, A., Smith, C., Stubbs, C., Takacs, P., & Tyson, A. (2006). Calibrations of LSST camera and telescope systems. In Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes Article 626715 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 6267 I). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.673271

Burke, D, Axelrod, T, Claver, C, Frank, J, Geary, J, Gilmorel, K, Ivezic, Z, Krabbendam, V, Monet, D, O'Connor, P, Oliver, J, Olszewski, E , Pinto, P, Saha, A, Smith, C, Stubbs, C, Takacs, P & Tyson, A 2006, Calibrations of LSST camera and telescope systems. in Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes., 626715, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 6267 I, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes, Orlando, FL, United States, 5/24/06. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.673271

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