UIST Imaging Zeropoints
Nominal zeropoints for a 5 arc second aperture at an airmass of 1.0 are given below. A larger field stop was installed in February 2003 leading to less vignetting at L’ and M’, and larger zeropoints. An ARC controller with a different Gian was installed in Oct. 2006, resulting in a difference in zero points. Note that the zero point is a function of airmass, can vary from night to night, and will be smaller than these values if the seeing is very poor.
Filter | Oct 2002-Feb 2003 | Mar 2003-Oct 2006 Larger Field Stop | 29 Oct 2006 – May 2008 (New Controller) | June 2008 – Present (Row-Reset in Thermal) |
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J | 21.12 | 21.15 | 22.37 | 22.37 |
H | 21.47 | 21.50 | 22.62 | 22.62 |
K | 20.77 | 20.80 | 21.84 | 21.84 |
L’ | 19.40 | 19.50 | 20.50 | 20.51 |
M’ | 17.13 | 17.29 | 18.29 | 18.33 |