Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS color transformations and photometric calibrations

被引:31
作者
Stephens, AW
Frogel, JA
Ortolani, S
Davies, R
Jablonka, P
Renzini, A
Rich, RM
机构
[1] Ohio State Univ, Dept Astron, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[2] Univ Padua, Osservatorio Astrofis Asiago, I-36012 Vicenza, Italy
[3] Univ Durham, Dept Phys, Durham DH1 3LE, England
[4] Observ Paris, F-92195 Meudon, France
[5] European So Observ, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[6] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Phys & Astron, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
关键词
stars : late-type; techniques : photometric;
D O I
10.1086/301189
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
This paper presents color transformations for Hubble Space Telescope Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) camera 2 observations to the ground-based Carnegie image tube photometric system at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CIT/CTIO), using observations of 19 moderately bright, red stars in Baade's window in the color range 0.7 < (J-K) < 1.6. We emphasize that these transformations will be accurate only for cool giants of near-solar metallicity. We simulate both NICMOS and ground-based photometry by convolving near-IR spectra taken above the atmosphere with different filter transmission profiles. The results are consistent with our transformation.
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页码:419 / 424
页数:6
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