Astrometric and photometric corrections for the 34th row error in HST's WFPC2 camera

Citation
J. Anderson et Ir. King, Astrometric and photometric corrections for the 34th row error in HST's WFPC2 camera, PUB AST S P, 111(763), 1999, pp. 1095-1098
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC
ISSN journal
00046280 → ACNP
Volume
111
Issue
763
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1095 - 1098
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6280(199909)111:763<1095:AAPCFT>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
A small manufacturing defect, known but rarely noted, occurs at approximate ly every 34th row of each of the chips of WFPC2. This defect induces errors in photometry at the 0.01-0.02 mag level for about 6% of all stars, and pe riodic errors in astrometry for all stars, with an amplitude of 0.03 pixel. We derive simple corrections for these errors. The errors exist in all ast rometry and photometry previously done with WFPC2, but they can be avoided in future work by applying the corrections that we give here.