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Extinction Coefficients and Zero Points

The following are first order extinction coefficients based on obsevations obtained during the DECam Science Verification (Nov 1-19, 2012):

Filter Mean sigma
u 0.44 0.03
g 0.20 0.02
r 0.10 0.02
i 0.06 0.01
z 0.07 0.02
Y 0.07 0.01
 

 

 

Other esults on extinction coefficients and zeropoints for the DECam CCDs are provided in the following links:

  • Zeropoint and airmass results per CCD (courtesy Douglas Tucker) [1]
  • Zeropoint results (Nov 3, 2012 courtesy Paul Martini) [2]
  • First order Extinction results from Nov 3, 2012 [3]
  • Historical CTIO Extinction [4] results (for SDSS u'g'r'i'z' -- end of Table 4 of Smith, Tucker, Allam, et al. [5])
  • Zeropoint trends [6]



Source URL (modified on 03/10/2014 - 22:56): http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/Extinction-Coefficients-and-Zero-Points

Links
[1] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/Mean-Photometric-Standard-Star-Module-PSM-Solutions-mean-zeropoints-color-terms-extinctions
[2] https://cdcvs.fnal.gov/redmine/projects/des-sci-verification/wiki/Photometry
[3] https://cdcvs.fnal.gov/redmine/projects/des-sci-verification/wiki/MJD_56235_%28Evening_of_2012-11-03_to_morning_of_2012-11-04%29
[4] https://cdcvs.fnal.gov/redmine/projects/des-sci-verification/wiki/Historical
[5] http://www-star.fnal.gov/Southern_ugriz/New/publications.html
[6] https://cdcvs.fnal.gov/redmine/projects/des-sci-verification/wiki/Zeropoint_trends_for_Nov_1-19