DMTN-277: The Monster: A reference catalog with synthetic ugrizy-band fluxes for the Vera C. Rubin observatory

Ferguson, Peter S.; Rykoff, Eli S.; Carlin, Jeffrey L.; Saunders, Clare; Parejko, John K.

doi:10.71929/rubin/2583688

Title: DMTN-277: The Monster: A reference catalog with synthetic ugrizy-band fluxes for the Vera C. Rubin observatory

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In order to facilitate bootstrap photometric calibrations of early Rubin Observatory data we have created an all sky reference catalog called The Monster. This reference catalog uses a rank-ordered set of other reference catalogs to generate synthetic ugrizy-band fluxes that can be used calibrate images processed with the LSST science pipelines. This document describes the methodology used to create The Monster, documents the input external reference catalogs, and performs basic data validation of the first version of The Monster.

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Institute for Data-intensive Research in Astrophysics and Cosmology, University of Washington; Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Vera C. Rubin Observatory Project Office
Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University
Dept. of Astronomy, University of Washington

Publication Date:: Fri May 09 00:00:00 EDT 2025

Other Number(s):: Vera C. Rubin Observatory Data Management Technical Note DMTN-277

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

Research Org.:: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Sponsoring Org.:: U.S. National Science Foundation; U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science

Subject:: 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS

OSTI Identifier:: 2583688

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.71929/rubin/2583688

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                    Ferguson, Peter S., Rykoff, Eli S., Carlin, Jeffrey L., Saunders, Clare, and Parejko, John K. DMTN-277: The Monster: A reference catalog with synthetic ugrizy-band fluxes for the Vera C. Rubin observatory.  United States: N. p., 2025. 
        Web.  doi:10.71929/rubin/2583688.

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                    Ferguson, Peter S., Rykoff, Eli S., Carlin, Jeffrey L., Saunders, Clare, & Parejko, John K. DMTN-277: The Monster: A reference catalog with synthetic ugrizy-band fluxes for the Vera C. Rubin observatory.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.71929/rubin/2583688

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                    Ferguson, Peter S., Rykoff, Eli S., Carlin, Jeffrey L., Saunders, Clare, and Parejko, John K. 2025.  
"DMTN-277: The Monster: A reference catalog with synthetic ugrizy-band fluxes for the Vera C. Rubin observatory".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.71929/rubin/2583688.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2583688. Pub date:Fri May 09 00:00:00 EDT 2025

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  title        = {DMTN-277: The Monster: A reference catalog with synthetic ugrizy-band fluxes for the Vera C. Rubin observatory},

  author       = {Ferguson, Peter S. and Rykoff, Eli S. and Carlin, Jeffrey L. and Saunders, Clare and Parejko, John K.},

  abstractNote = {In order to facilitate bootstrap photometric calibrations of early Rubin Observatory data we have created an all sky reference catalog called The Monster. This reference catalog uses a rank-ordered set of other reference catalogs to generate synthetic ugrizy-band fluxes that can be used calibrate images processed with the LSST science pipelines. This document describes the methodology used to create The Monster, documents the input external reference catalogs, and performs basic data validation of the first version of The Monster.},

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