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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
卷 394, 期 2, 页码 675-692出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.14387.x
关键词
surveys; infrared: general
资金
- STFC [ST/G001901/1, PP/C002229/1, PP/E001068/1, ST/F001967/1, ST/H004157/1, PP/E00105X/1, ST/H004165/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Science and Technology Facilities Council [ST/H004157/1, PP/E001068/1, PP/C002229/1, ST/F001967/1, PP/E00105X/1, ST/G001901/1, ST/H004165/1] Funding Source: researchfish
In this paper, we describe the photometric calibration of data taken with the near-infrared Wide Field Camera (WFCAM) on the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT). The broad-band ZYJHK data are directly calibrated from Two-Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) point sources which are abundant in every WFCAM pointing. We perform an analysis of spatial systematics in the photometric calibration, both inter- and intradetector show that these are present at up to the similar to 5 per cent level in WFCAM. Although the causes of these systematics are not yet fully understood, a method for their removal is developed and tested. Following the application of the correction procedure, the photometric calibration of WFCAM is found to be accurate to similar or equal to 1.5 per cent for the JHK bands and 2 per cent for the ZY bands, meeting the survey requirements. We investigate the transformations between the 2MASS and WFCAM systems and find that the Z and Y calibrations are sensitive to the effects of interstellar reddening for large values of E(B - V)', but that the JHK filters remain largely unaffected. We measure a small correction to the WFCAM Y-band photometry required to place WFCAM on a Vega system, and investigate WFCAM measurements of published standard stars from the list of UKIRT faint standards. Finally, we present empirically determined throughput measurements for WFCAM.
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