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An Improved Photometric Calibration of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Imaging Data

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Padmanabhan, Nikhil, Schlegel, David J., Finkbeiner, Douglas P., Barentine, J. C., Blanton, Michael R., Brewington, Howard J., Gunn, James E., Harvanek, Michael, Hogg, David W., Ivezić, Željko, Johnston, David, Kent, Stephen M., Kleinman, S. J., Knapp, Gillian R., Krzesinski, Jurek, Long, Dan, Neilsen, Jr., Eric H., Nitta, Atsuko, Loomis, Craig, Lupton, Robert H., Roweis, Sam, Snedden, Stephanie A., Strauss, Michael A., Tucker, Douglas L.·2008·The Astrophysical Journal
DOI 10.1086/524677
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We present an algorithm to photometrically calibrate wide-field optical imaging surveys, which simultaneously solves for the calibration parameters and relative stellar fluxes using overlapping observations. The algorithm decouples the problem of "relative" calibrations from that of "absolute" calibrations; the absolute calibration is reduced to determining a few numbers for the entire survey. We pay special attention to the spatial structure of the calibration errors, allowing one to isolate particular error modes in downstream analyses. Applying this to the SDSS imaging data, we achieve ~1% relative calibration errors across 8500 deg 2 in griz ; the errors are ~2% for the u band. These errors are dominated by unmodeled atmospheric variations at Apache Point Observatory. These calibrations, dubbed "ubercalibration," are now public with SDSS Data Release 6 and will be a part of subsequent SDSS data releases.

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Authors
Padmanabhan, N., Schlegel, D. J., Finkbeiner, D. P., Barentine, J. C., Blanton, M. R., Brewington, H. J., Gunn, J. E., Harvanek, M., Hogg, D. W., Ivezić, Ž., Johnston, D., Kent, S. M., Kleinman, S. J., Knapp, G. R., Krzesinski, J., Long, D., Neilsen, Jr., Nitta, A., Loomis, C., Lupton, R. H., Roweis, S., Snedden, S. A., Strauss, M. A., & Tucker, D. L.
Affiliations
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
  • Princeton University (US)
  • Udaipur Solar Observatory (IN)
  • New York University (US)
  • University of Washington (US)
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory (US)
  • Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (US)
  • Subaru (Japan) (JP)
  • University of Toronto (CA)
ORCID
Venue
The Astrophysical Journal
Publisher
American Astronomical Society
Published
2008-02-20
Volume
674
Issue
2
Pages
1217-1233
ISSN
  • 0004-637X (ISSN-L)
  • 1538-4357
DOI
10.1086/524677
OpenAlex
W1572376656
Cited by
591
References
45
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FWCI
52.64
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • The Astrophysical Journal (publishedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (acceptedVersion)
  • University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) (submittedVersion)
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  • Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) (submittedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
  • Texas ScholarWorks (Texas Digital Library) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Texas Digital Library (University of Texas)
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Funders
  • National Science Foundation
  • U.S. Department of Energy
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
  • Princeton University
  • Ohio State University
  • University of Washington
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Case Western Reserve University
  • Drexel University
  • Universität Basel
  • University of Portsmouth
  • New Mexico State University
  • University of Cambridge
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
  • Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie
  • U.S. Naval Observatory
  • Fermilab
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Instrumentation › Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
Keywords
photometric calibration, Sloan Digital Sky Survey, wide-field optical imaging, relative calibration, absolute calibration, overlapping observations, calibration error, atmospheric variability, Apache Point Observatory

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