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Sloan Digital Sky Survey Photometric Calibration Revisited

Conference · · Submitted to ASP Conf.Ser.
OSTI ID:1044922
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey calibration is revisited to obtain the most accurate photometric calibration. A small but significant error is found in the flat-fielding of the Photometric telescope used for calibration. Two SDSS star catalogs are compared and the average difference in magnitude as a function of right ascension and declination exhibits small systematic errors in relative calibration. The photometric transformation from the SDSS Photometric Telescope to the 2.5 m telescope is recomputed and compared to synthetic magnitudes computed from measured filter bandpasses.
Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE Office of Science
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1044922
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-CONF-12-315-AE
Conference Information:
Journal Name: Submitted to ASP Conf.Ser.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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