Calibration of geometric distortion in the ACS detectors

Gerhardt R. Meurer; Don Lindler; John Blakeslee; Colin Cox; Andre Martel; Hien Tran; Rychard Bouwens; Holland Ford; Mark Clampin; George Hartig; Marco Sirianni; Guido De Marchi

doi:10.1117/12.460259

Calibration of geometric distortion in the ACS detectors

Gerhardt R. Meurer, Don Lindler, John Blakeslee, Colin Cox, Andre Martel, Hien Tran, Rychard Bouwens, Holland Ford, Mark Clampin, George Hartig, Marco Sirianni, Guido De Marchi

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Abstract

The off-axis location of the Advanced Camera for Surveys causes strong geometric distortion in all detectors - the Wide Field Camera (WFC), High Resolution Camera (HRC), and Solar Blind Camera (SBC). Dithered observations of rich star cluster fields are used to calibrate the distortion. We describe the observations obtained, the algorithms used to perform the calibrations and the accuracy achieved. We present our best current calibration of the geometric distortion of each of the detectors.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	507-514
Number of pages	8
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	4854
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460259
Publication status	Published - 2002
Externally published	Yes
Event	Future EUV/UV and Visible Space Astrophysics Missions and Instrumentation - Waikoloa, HI, United States Duration: 22 Aug 2002 → 23 Aug 2002

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Calibration of geometric distortion in the ACS detectors

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