UIST Imaging Zeropoints

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.

FilterOct 2002-Feb 2003Mar 2003-Oct 2006
Larger Field Stop
29 Oct 2006 – May 2008 (New Controller) June 2008 – Present (Row-Reset in Thermal)
J21.1221.1522.3722.37
H21.4721.5022.6222.62
K20.7720.8021.8421.84
L’19.4019.5020.5020.51
M’17.1317.2918.2918.33