CASTOR :The Cosmological Advanced Survey Telescope for Optical-UV Research (CASTOR) is a proposed Canadian Space Agency (CSA) mission that would image the skies at ultraviolet (UV) and blue-optical wavelengths. CASTOR/CASTOR0 :Pre-flight version of CASTOR filters. |
| CASTOR/CASTOR0.uv | 2243.99 | 2311.29 | 2252.09 | 1436.08 | 2996.68 | 915.26 | 787.34 | 4.69e-9 | CASTOR | CASTOR | CASTOR pre-flight uv filter | | CASTOR/CASTOR0.u | 3447.12 | 3484.13 | 3548.15 | 2935.41 | 4064.67 | 968.69 | 1599.07 | 4.03e-9 | CASTOR | CASTOR | CASTOR pre-flight u filter | | CASTOR/CASTOR0.u | Filter Description | Filter ID (?) : | CASTOR/CASTOR0.u |
| Description (?) : | CASTOR pre-flight u filter |
| Phot.System (?) : | CASTOR |
| Detector Type (?) : | Photon counter |
| Band Name (?) : | ------ |
| Obs. Facility (?) : | CASTOR |
| Instrument (?) : | CASTOR |
| Comments (?) : | Approximate curve digitized from Fig.1 in Scott et al. 2022 |
| | Mathematical properties | Property | Calculated | Specified | Unit | | λref (?) : |
3447.12 | ------- | (Angstrom) |
| λmean (?) : |
3484.13 | ------- | (Angstrom) |
| λcen (?) : |
3486.15 | ------- | (Angstrom) |
| λeff (?) : |
3548.15 | ------- | (Angstrom) |
| λpeak (?) : |
3482.70 | ------- | (Angstrom) |
| λpivot (?) : |
3447.12 | ------- | (Angstrom) |
| λphot (?) : |
3576.19 | ------- | (Angstrom) |
| λmin (?) : |
2935.41 | ------- | (Angstrom) |
| λmax (?) : |
4064.67 | ------- | (Angstrom) |
| Weff (?) : |
968.69 | ------- | (Angstrom) |
| FWHM (?) : |
1028.12 | ------- | (Angstrom) |
| Af/AV (?) : |
1.65 | ------- | () |
| Fsun (?) : |
94.77 | ------- | (erg/cm2/s/A) |
| Transmission
Data file: ascii, VOTable Reference for filter response:
Scott et al 2022 Transmission components: Filter + CCD + Instrument
You can download here the GaiaXPy base XML file for the full CASTOR/CASTOR0 filter set.
Please, take a look to GaiaXPy documentation for more information. - GaiaXPy base XML file. | | Calibration properties
Vega System | Property | Specified | Calculated | Unit | | Zero Point (?) : |
------- |
4.03435e-9 | (erg/cm2/s/A) |
| |
------- |
1599.07 | (Jy) |
| ZP Type (?) : |
Pogson |
| PhotCal ID (?) : |
CASTOR/CASTOR0.u/Vega |
| |
AB System | Property | Specified | Calculated | Unit | | Zero Point (?) : |
------- |
9.1608e-9 | (erg/cm2/s/A) |
| |
------- |
3631.00 | (Jy) |
| ZP Type (?) : |
Pogson |
| PhotCal ID (?) : |
CASTOR/CASTOR0.u/AB |
| |
ST System | Property | Specified | Calculated | Unit | | Zero Point (?) : |
------- |
3.631e-9 | (erg/cm2/s/A) |
| |
------- |
1439.19 | (Jy) |
| ZP Type (?) : |
Pogson |
| PhotCal ID (?) : |
CASTOR/CASTOR0.u/ST |
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Filter added: 2022-04-01 11:54:37
Last update: 2022-04-01 15:29:54 | | CASTOR/CASTOR0.g | 4745.89 | 4804.87 | 4703.67 | 3937.48 | 5567.91 | 1280.62 | 4014.79 | 5.34e-9 | CASTOR | CASTOR | CASTOR pre-flight g filter |
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 ≡ filter transmission<p><u>Property info:</u><ul><li><b>Unit</b>:Angstrom<li><b>UCD</b>:em.wl<li><b>Utype</b>: <i>photdm:PhotometryFilter.SpectralAxis.Coverage.Location.Value</i></ul></td></table>',WIDTH,400)){kind=link}
 ≡ filter transmission<br> Vg(λ) ≡ Vega spectrum.<p><u>More info:</u><p>Vega spectrum from calspec database.<ul><li><a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014PASP..126..711B/abstract" target="_blank">Bohlin, Gordon, & Tremblay (2014)</a>.<li><a href="https://www.stsci.edu/hst/instrumentation/reference-data-for-calibration-and-tools/astronomical-catalogs/calspec" target="_blank">STScI current calspec</a>.<li><a href="morefiles/vega.dat" target="_blank">Vega spectrum file</a> (units: Angstrom erg/cm2/s/A).</ul><p><u>Property info:</u><ul><li><b>Unit</b>:Angstrom<li><b>UCD</b>:em.wl.effective</ul></td></table>',WIDTH,400)){kind=link}
 ≡ filter transmission<p>Equivalent to the horizontal size of a rectangle with height equal to maximum transmission and with the same area that the one covered by the filter transmission curve.<p><u>Property info:</u><ul><li><b>Unit</b>:Angstrom<li><b>UCD</b>:instr.bandwidth<li><b>Utype</b>: <i>photdm:PhotometryFilter.SpectralAxis.Coverage.Bounds.Extent</i></ul></td></table>',WIDTH,400)){kind=link}
 ≡ filter transmission (energy counter).<br> Vg(λ) ≡ Vega spectrum.<p><i>(T(λ) must be multiplied by λ for photon counting devices)</i><p>F<sub>0,ν</sub>(Jy) = (2.9979246)<sup>-1</sup> 10<sup>5</sup> * λ<sub>ref</sub><sup>2</sup> * F<sub>0,λ</sub>(erg/cm<sup>2</sup>/s/A)<p>In the case that filter owner specifies its own values, they will be the ones provided by the service when queried through the VO.<p><u>Property info:</u><ul><li><b>Unit</b>:Jy<li><b>UCD</b>:phot.flux.density<li><b>Utype</b>: <i>photdm:PhotCal.ZeroPoint.Flux.value</i></ul></td></table>',WIDTH,400)){kind=link}
 ≡ filter transmission (energy counter).<br> Vg(λ) ≡ Vega spectrum.<p><i>(T(λ) must be multiplied by λ for photon counting devices)</i><p><u>Property info:</u><ul><li><b>Unit</b>:erg/cm2/s/A<li><b>Utype</b>: <i>PhotCal.ZeroPoint</i></ul></td></table>',WIDTH,400)){kind=link}
 ≡ filter transmission<p>f(λ) ≡ flux of the spectrum<p><u>Property info:</u><ul><li><b>Utype</b>: <i>photdm:PhotometricSystem.detectorType</i></ul></td></table>',WIDTH,400)){kind=link}
 ≡ filter transmission<p><img src=showgraph.php?what=lmean&val=3484.1256009262&id=CASTOR/CASTOR0.u><p>Filter transmission is transformed to "<i>energy counter</i>" for these calculations, that is, the photon count transmission is multiplied by λ and normalized so that peak transmission is equal to 1.<p><u>Property info:</u><ul><li><b>Unit</b>:Angstrom<li><b>UCD</b>:em.wl<li><b>Utype</b>: <i>photdm:PhotometryFilter.SpectralAxis.Coverage.Location.Value</i></ul></td></table>',STICKY,true,CLOSEBTN,true,WIDTH,400)){kind=link}
 ≡ filter transmission<br> Vg(λ) ≡ Vega spectrum.<p><img src=showgraph.php?what=leff&val=3548.1496701702&id=CASTOR/CASTOR0.u><p>Filter transmission is transformed to "<i>energy counter</i>" for these calculations, that is, the photon count transmission is multiplied by λ and normalized so that peak transmission is equal to 1.<p><u>More info:</u><p>Vega spectrum from calspec database.<ul><li><a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014PASP..126..711B/abstract" target="_blank">Bohlin, Gordon, & Tremblay (2014)</a>.<li><a href="https://www.stsci.edu/hst/instrumentation/reference-data-for-calibration-and-tools/astronomical-catalogs/calspec" target="_blank">STScI current calspec</a>.<li><a href="morefiles/vega.dat" target="_blank">Vega spectrum file</a> (units: Angstrom erg/cm2/s/A).</ul><p><u>Property info:</u><ul><li><b>Unit</b>:Angstrom<li><b>UCD</b>:em.wl.effective</ul></td></table>',STICKY,true,CLOSEBTN,true,WIDTH,400)){kind=link}
 ≡ filter transmission<p><img src=showgraph.php?what=lpiv&val=3447.1233728569&id=CASTOR/CASTOR0.u><p>Filter transmission is transformed to "<i>energy counter</i>" for these calculations, that is, the photon count transmission is multiplied by λ and normalized so that peak transmission is equal to 1.<p><u>Property info:</u><ul><li><b>Unit</b>:Angstrom<li><b>UCD</b>:em.wl</ul></td></table>',STICKY,true,CLOSEBTN,true,WIDTH,400)){kind=link}
 ≡ filter transmission<br> Vg(λ) ≡ Vega spectrum<p><img src=showgraph.php?what=lphot&val=3576.1928421692&id=CASTOR/CASTOR0.u><p>Filter transmission is transformed to "<i>energy counter</i>" for these calculations, that is, the photon count transmission is multiplied by λ and normalized so that peak transmission is equal to 1.<p><u>More info:</u><p>Vega spectrum from calspec database.<ul><li><a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014PASP..126..711B/abstract" target="_blank">Bohlin, Gordon, & Tremblay (2014)</a>.<li><a href="https://www.stsci.edu/hst/instrumentation/reference-data-for-calibration-and-tools/astronomical-catalogs/calspec" target="_blank">STScI current calspec</a>.<li><a href="morefiles/vega.dat" target="_blank">Vega spectrum file</a> (units: Angstrom erg/cm2/s/A).</ul><p><u>Property info:</u><ul><li><b>Unit</b>:Angstrom<li><b>UCD</b>:em.wl</ul></td></table>',STICKY,true,CLOSEBTN,true,WIDTH,400)){kind=link}
 ≡ filter transmission<p>Equivalent to the horizontal size of a rectangle with height equal to maximum transmission and with the same area that the one covered by the filter transmission curve.<p><img src=showgraph.php?what=weff&val=968.68616952304,3486.1527692429,1&id=CASTOR/CASTOR0.u><p>Filter transmission is transformed to "<i>energy counter</i>" for these calculations, that is, the photon count transmission is multiplied by λ and normalized so that peak transmission is equal to 1.<p><u>Property info:</u><ul><li><b>Unit</b>:Angstrom<li><b>UCD</b>:instr.bandwidth<li><b>Utype</b>: <i>photdm:PhotometryFilter.SpectralAxis.Coverage.Bounds.Extent</i></ul></td></table>',STICKY,true,CLOSEBTN,true,WIDTH,400)){kind=link}
![(?)](javascript:Tip('<b>A<sub>f</sub>/A<sub>V</sub></b><br><table cellpadding=20><td class=helptd>Ratio between extintion at λ<sub>ref</sub> and visual extintion. <p>Calculated by the service using the extinction law by <a href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999PASP..111...63F" target="_blank">Fitzpatrick (1999)</a> improved by <a href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005ApJ...619..931I" target="_blank">Indebetouw et al (2005)</a> in the infrared. <p><img src=images/extinctionlaw.png><p>You can download the corresponding <a href=\"getextlaw.php\" target=\"_blank\">data file</a> for the opacity k<sub>λ</sub>. The extinction at each wavelength is calculated as: A<sub>λ</sub> = A<sub>V</sub> * k<sub>λ</sub>/k<sub>V</sub>, where k<sub>λ</sub> is the opacity for a given λ and k<sub>V</sub>=211.4<p><p><u>Property info:</u><ul></ul></td></table>',STICKY,true,CLOSEBTN,true,WIDTH,400)){kind=link}
 ≡ filter transmission.<br> Sun(λ) ≡ Sun spectrum.<p><img src=images/sunspec.png><p><p>Filter transmission is transformed to "<i>energy counter</i>" for these calculations, that is, the photon count transmission is multiplied by λ and normalized so that peak transmission is equal to 1.<p><u>More info:</u><p>Sun spectrum from calspec database: sun_reference_stis_002 composed with sun_mod_001 for larger wavelengths.<ul><li><a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014PASP..126..711B/abstract" target="_blank">Bohlin, Gordon, & Tremblay (2014)</a>.<li><a href="https://www.stsci.edu/hst/instrumentation/reference-data-for-calibration-and-tools/astronomical-catalogs/calspec" target="_blank">STScI current calspec</a>.<li><a href="morefiles/sun.dat" target="_blank">Sun composed spectrum</a> (units: Angstrom erg/cm2/s/A).</ul><p><u>Property info:</u><ul><li><b>Unit</b>:erg/cm2/s/A<li><b>UCD</b>:phot.flux.density</ul></td></table>',STICKY,true,CLOSEBTN,true,WIDTH,400)){kind=link}
 ≡ filter transmission.<br> Vg(λ) ≡ Vega spectrum.<p>F<sub>0,ν</sub>(Jy) = (2.9979246)<sup>-1</sup> 10<sup>5</sup> * λ<sub>ref</sub><sup>2</sup> * F<sub>0,λ</sub>(erg/cm<sup>2</sup>/s/A)<p>Filter transmission is transformed to \"<i>energy counter</i>\" for these calculations, that is, the photon count transmission is multiplied by λ and normalized so that peak transmission is equal to 1.<p>In the case that filter owner specifies its own values, they will be the ones provided by the service when queried through the VO.<p><u>VO PhotDM Utypes</u>: <br><i>PhotCal.MagnitudeSystem.type</i> -> VEGAmag <br><i>PhotCal.ZeroPoint.Flux.value</i> -> F<sub>0</sub><p><u>More info:</u><p>Vega spectrum from calspec database.<ul><li><a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014PASP..126..711B/abstract" target="_blank">Bohlin, Gordon, & Tremblay (2014)</a>.<li><a href="https://www.stsci.edu/hst/instrumentation/reference-data-for-calibration-and-tools/astronomical-catalogs/calspec" target="_blank">STScI current calspec</a>.<li><a href="morefiles/vega.dat" target="_blank">Vega spectrum file</a> (units: Angstrom erg/cm2/s/A).</ul><p><u>Property info:</u><ul><li><b>UCD</b>:phot.flux.density<li><b>Utype</b>: <i>photdm:PhotCal.ZeroPoint.Flux.value</i></ul></td></table>',STICKY,true,CLOSEBTN,true,WIDTH,400)){kind=link}
