HST :The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a cooperative program of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to operate a space-based observatory for the benefit of the international astronomical community. HST/FOS_BLUE :The Faint Object Spectrograph (FOS), blue detector. id:HST/FOS_BLUE.a |
| HST/FOS_BLUE.G130H | 2926.72 | 3304.17 | 3392.09 | 1166.05 | 5568.73 | 2313.60 | 1341.15 | 4.69e-9 | HST | FOS | G130H grating for HST FOS_BLUE | | HST/FOS_BLUE.MIRROR | 2967.59 | 3345.97 | 3444.97 | 1164.72 | 5571.16 | 2201.64 | 1378.07 | 4.69e-9 | HST | FOS | MIRROR grating for HST FOS_BLUE | | HST/FOS_BLUE.G190H | 3028.41 | 3355.49 | 3460.73 | 1170.69 | 5568.73 | 2239.27 | 1423.76 | 4.65e-9 | HST | FOS | G190H grating for HST FOS_BLUE | | HST/FOS_BLUE.G160L | 3076.73 | 3386.40 | 3492.67 | 1198.72 | 5568.73 | 2184.03 | 1470.56 | 4.66e-9 | HST | FOS | G160L ORDER0filter for HST FOS_BLUE ORDER0 | | HST/FOS_BLUE.G400H | 3046.95 | 3425.98 | 3525.59 | 1166.33 | 5557.95 | 1882.58 | 1471.87 | 4.75e-9 | HST | FOS | G400H grating for HST FOS_BLUE | | HST/FOS_BLUE.G270H | 3209.04 | 3455.79 | 3574.63 | 1612.91 | 5568.73 | 2067.83 | 1597.25 | 4.65e-9 | HST | FOS | G270H grating for HST FOS_BLUE | | HST/FOS_BLUE.PRISM | 3323.02 | 3526.69 | 3656.78 | 1839.17 | 5566.82 | 1879.64 | 1690.46 | 4.59e-9 | HST | FOS | PRISM grating for HST FOS_BLUE | | HST/FOS_BLUE.PRISM | Filter Description | Filter ID (?) : | HST/FOS_BLUE.PRISM |
| Description (?) : | PRISM grating for HST FOS_BLUE |
| Phot.System (?) : | HST-FOS |
| Detector Type (?) : | Photon counter |
| Band Name (?) : | ------ |
| Obs. Facility (?) : | HST |
| Instrument (?) : | FOS |
| Comments (?) : | Response calculated using the stsynphot python package by STScI. In particular, function stsynphot.band("fos,blue,prism"). Please, take a look to stsynphot documentation and HST instrument documentation |
| | Mathematical properties | Property | Calculated | Specified | Unit | | λref (?) : |
3323.02 | ------- | (Angstrom) |
| λmean (?) : |
3526.69 | ------- | (Angstrom) |
| λcen (?) : |
3485.17 | ------- | (Angstrom) |
| λeff (?) : |
3656.78 | ------- | (Angstrom) |
| λpeak (?) : |
3320.00 | ------- | (Angstrom) |
| λpivot (?) : |
3323.02 | ------- | (Angstrom) |
| λphot (?) : |
3789.60 | ------- | (Angstrom) |
| λmin (?) : |
1839.17 | ------- | (Angstrom) |
| λmax (?) : |
5566.82 | ------- | (Angstrom) |
| Weff (?) : |
1879.64 | ------- | (Angstrom) |
| FWHM (?) : |
1801.16 | ------- | (Angstrom) |
| Af/AV (?) : |
1.70 | ------- | () |
| Fsun (?) : |
------- | ------- | (erg/cm2/s/A) |
| Transmission
Data file: ascii, VOTable Reference for filter response:
stsynphot documentation Transmission components: Filter + CCD + Instrumentid:HST/FOS_BLUE.PRISM | | Calibration properties
Vega System | Property | Specified | Calculated | Unit | | Zero Point (?) : |
------- |
4.58943e-9 | (erg/cm2/s/A) |
| |
------- |
1690.46 | (Jy) |
| ZP Type (?) : |
Pogson |
| PhotCal ID (?) : |
HST/FOS_BLUE.PRISM/Vega |
| |
AB System | Property | Specified | Calculated | Unit | | Zero Point (?) : |
------- |
9.85782e-9 | (erg/cm2/s/A) |
| |
------- |
3631.00 | (Jy) |
| ZP Type (?) : |
Pogson |
| PhotCal ID (?) : |
HST/FOS_BLUE.PRISM/AB |
| |
ST System | Property | Specified | Calculated | Unit | | Zero Point (?) : |
------- |
3.631e-9 | (erg/cm2/s/A) |
| |
------- |
1337.43 | (Jy) |
| ZP Type (?) : |
Pogson |
| PhotCal ID (?) : |
HST/FOS_BLUE.PRISM/ST |
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Filter added: 2019-07-16 12:14:04
Last update: 2022-03-01 17:20:09 |
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 ≡ filter transmission<p><u>Property info:</u><ul><li><b>Unit</b>:Angstrom<li><b>UCD</b>:em.wl</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.bandwidth.extent.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>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>UCD</b>:meta.code<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=3526.6890123255&id=HST/FOS_BLUE.PRISM><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=leff&val=3656.7844680804&id=HST/FOS_BLUE.PRISM><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=3323.020092638&id=HST/FOS_BLUE.PRISM><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=3789.6012865944&id=HST/FOS_BLUE.PRISM><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=1879.6449279573,3485.1732009725,1&id=HST/FOS_BLUE.PRISM><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.bandwidth.extent.value</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/extlaw.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/sun.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}
