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The Sloan Digital Sky Survey monitor telescope pipeline
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Department of Physics, University of Michigan, 500 East University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1120, USA Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510, USA ; Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA Physics Department, Rochester Institute of Technology, 85 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623-5603, USA Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510, USA Deptartment of Physics & Astronomy, Austin Peay State University, P.O. Box 4608, Clarksville, TN 37044 USA ; Los Alamos National Laboratory, ISR-4, MS D448, Los Alamos, NM 87545-0000, USA ; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510, USA ; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA Apache Point Observatory, P.O. Box 59, Sunspot, NM 88349, USA Institute of Astronomy, School of Science, University of Tokyo, Osawa 2-21-1, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-0015, Japan Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA ; Princeton University Observatory, Peyton Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa, Kashiwa City, Chiba 277-8582, Japan Princeton University Observatory, Peyton Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA ; University of California at Berkeley, Depts. of Physics and Astronomy, 601 Campbell Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA Princeton University Observatory, Peyton Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA Department of Physics, New York University, 4 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003, USA National Astronomical Observatory, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan Princeton University Observatory, Peyton Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA ; Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Box 351580, Seattle WA 98195-1580 USA Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510, USA ; Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510, USA ; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley CA 94720-8160, USA Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA ; Dept. of Astronomy, 105-24, California Inst. of Tech., 1201 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA US Naval Observatory, Flagstaff Station, P.O. Box 1149, Flagstaff, AZ 86002, USA Dept. of Physics, Appl. Phys., Astron., Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., 100 Eighth Street, Troy, NY 12180-3590, USA Princeton University Observatory, Peyton Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA ; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley CA 94720-8160, USA Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA Kent, S. Richmond, M. W. Annis, J. Smith, J. A. Allam, S. S. Rodgers, C. T. Stute, J. L. Adelman-Mc Carthy, J. K. Brinkmann, J. Doi, M. Finkbeiner, D. Fukugita, M. Goldston, J. Greenway, B. Gunn, J. E. Hendry, J. S. Hogg, D. W. Ichikawa, S. -I. Ivezić, [zcaron]. Knapp, G. R. Lampeitl, H. Lee, B. C. Lin, H. McKay, T. A. Merrelli, A. Munn, J. A. Neilsen, E. H. Newberg, H. J. Richards, G. T. Schlegel, D. J. Stoughton, C. Uomoto, A. Yanny, B. Department of Physics, University of Michigan, 500 East University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1120, USA Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510, USA ; Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA Physics Department, Rochester Institute of Technology, 85 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623-5603, USA Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510, USA Deptartment of Physics & Astronomy, Austin Peay State University, P.O. Box 4608, Clarksville, TN 37044 USA ; Los Alamos National Laboratory, ISR-4, MS D448, Los Alamos, NM 87545-0000, USA ; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510, USA ; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA Apache Point Observatory, P.O. Box 59, Sunspot, NM 88349, USA Institute of Astronomy, School of Science, University of Tokyo, Osawa 2-21-1, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-0015, Japan Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA ; Princeton University Observatory, Peyton Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa, Kashiwa City, Chiba 277-8582, Japan Princeton University Observatory, Peyton Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA ; University of California at Berkeley, Depts. of Physics and Astronomy, 601 Campbell Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA Princeton University Observatory, Peyton Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA Department of Physics, New York University, 4 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003, USA National Astronomical Observatory, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan Princeton University Observatory, Peyton Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA ; Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Box 351580, Seattle WA 98195-1580 USA Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510, USA ; Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, P.O. Box 500, Batavia, IL 60510, USA ; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley CA 94720-8160, USA Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA ; Dept. of Astronomy, 105-24, California Inst. of Tech., 1201 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA US Naval Observatory, Flagstaff Station, P.O. Box 1149, Flagstaff, AZ 86002, USA Dept. of Physics, Appl. Phys., Astron., Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., 100 Eighth Street, Troy, NY 12180-3590, USA Princeton University Observatory, Peyton Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA ; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley CA 94720-8160, USA Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA Kent, S. Richmond, M. W. Annis, J. Smith, J. A. Allam, S. S. Rodgers, C. T. Stute, J. L. Adelman-Mc Carthy, J. K. Brinkmann, J. Doi, M. Finkbeiner, D. Fukugita, M. Goldston, J. Greenway, B. Gunn, J. E. Hendry, J. S. Hogg, D. W. Ichikawa, S. -I. Ivezić, [zcaron]. Knapp, G. R. Lampeitl, H. Lee, B. C. Lin, H. McKay, T. A. Merrelli, A. Munn, J. A. Neilsen, E. H. Newberg, H. J. Richards, G. T. Schlegel, D. J. Stoughton, C. Uomoto, A. Yanny, B.
Publication Year :
2007
Abstract
The photometric calibration of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is a multi-step process which involves data from three different telescopes: the 1.0-m telescope at the US Naval Observatory (USNO), Flagstaff Station, Arizona (which was used to establish the SDSS standard star network); the SDSS 0.5-m Photometric Telescope (PT) at the Apache Point Observatory (APO), NewMexico (which calculates nightly extinctions and calibrates secondary patch transfer fields); and the SDSS 2.5-m telescope at APO (which obtains the imaging data for the SDSS proper). In this paper, we describe the Monitor Telescope Pipeline, MTPIPE, the software pipeline used in processing the data from the single-CCD telescopes used in the photometric calibration of the SDSS (i.e., the USNO 1.0-m and the PT). We also describe transformation equations that convert photometry on the USNO-1.0m u ′ g ′ r ′ i ′ z ′ system to photometry the SDSS 2.5m ugriz system and the results of various validation tests of the MTPIPE software. Further, we discuss the semi-automated PT factory, which runs MTPIPE in the day-to-day standard SDSS operations at Fermilab. Finally, we discuss the use of MTPIPE in current SDSS-related projects, including the Southern u ′ g ′ r ′ i ′ z ′ Standard Star project, the u ′ g ′ r ′ i ′ z ′ Open Star Clusters project, and the SDSS extension (SDSS-II). (© 2006 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)
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OAIster
Publication Type :
Electronic Resource
Accession number :
edsoai.ocn894382817
Document Type :
Electronic Resource