SVO Filter Profile Service

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/HSP_POL :The High Speed Photometer (HSP), polarization detector.

HST filters: ACS_HRC ACS_SBC ACS_WFC FGS FOC_F48 FOC_F96 FOS_BLUE FOS_RED HSP_POL HSP_UV1 HSP_UV2 HSP_VIS
NICMOS1 NICMOS2 NICMOS3 STIS_CCD STIS_FUV STIS_NUV WFC3_IR WFC3_UVIS1 WFC3_UVIS2 WFPC1-PC WFPC1-WF WFPC2-PC
WFPC2-WF

Filter ID

λ_ref

λ_mean

λ_eff

λ_min

λ_max

W_eff

ZP_ν

ZP_λ

2287.88

2325.48

2294.02

1839.10

3185.00

378.00

801.93

4.59e-9

HST

HSP

F216M_0 filter for HST HSP_POL

HST/HSP_POL.F237M_0

2448.58

2461.88

2453.04

2026.27

3072.84

347.80

809.74

4.05e-9

HST

HSP

F237M_0 filter for HST HSP_POL

HST/HSP_POL.F237M_0

Filter Description

Filter ID (?) : HST/HSP_POL.F237M_0

Description (?) : F237M_0 filter for HST HSP_POL

Phot.System (?) : HSP-POL

Detector Type (?) : Photon counter

Band Name (?) : ------

Obs. Facility (?) : HST

Instrument (?) : HSP

Comments (?) : Response calculated using the stsynphot python package by STScI. In particular, function stsynphot.band("hsp,pol,f237m,0"). Please, take a look to stsynphot documentation and HST instrument documentation

Mathematical properties

Property Calculated Specified Unit

λ_ref (?) : 2448.58 ------- (Angstrom)

λ_mean (?) : 2461.88 ------- (Angstrom)

λ_cen (?) : 2433.19 ------- (Angstrom)

λ_eff (?) : 2453.04 ------- (Angstrom)

λ_peak (?) : 2455.00 ------- (Angstrom)

λ_pivot (?) : 2448.58 ------- (Angstrom)

λ_phot (?) : 2462.45 ------- (Angstrom)

λ_min (?) : 2026.27 ------- (Angstrom)

λ_max (?) : 3072.84 ------- (Angstrom)

W_eff (?) : 347.80 ------- (Angstrom)

FWHM (?) : 309.16 ------- (Angstrom)

A_f/A_V (?) : 2.43 ------- ()

F_sun (?) : 8.42 ------- (erg/cm2/s/A)

Transmission

Data file: ascii, VOTable

Reference for filter response: stsynphot documentation

Transmission components: Filter + CCD + Instrument

Calibration properties

Vega System
Property Specified Calculated Unit
Zero Point (?) : ------- 4.04891e-9 (erg/cm2/s/A)

------- 809.74 (Jy)

PhotCal ID (?) : HST/HSP_POL.F237M_0/Vega

AB System
Property Specified Calculated Unit
Zero Point (?) : ------- 1.81559e-8 (erg/cm2/s/A)

------- 3631.00 (Jy)

PhotCal ID (?) : HST/HSP_POL.F237M_0/AB

ST System
Property Specified Calculated Unit
Zero Point (?) : ------- 3.631e-9 (erg/cm2/s/A)

------- 726.16 (Jy)

PhotCal ID (?) : HST/HSP_POL.F237M_0/ST

Filter added: 2019-07-16 12:14:06
Last update: 2022-03-01 16:07:53

HST/HSP_POL.F277M_0

2875.95

2891.84

2886.81

2382.16

3770.00

376.20

1013.48

3.67e-9

HST

HSP

F277M_0 filter for HST HSP_POL

HST/HSP_POL.F327M_0

3301.47

3319.30

3320.91

2781.84

3990.00

481.75

1247.90

3.43e-9

HST

HSP

F327M_0 filter for HST HSP_POL

HST/HSP_POL.F160LP_T

3908.22

4737.05

4384.73

1575.66

8707.63

3619.81

2661.96

4.15e-9

HST

HSP

HST

HST/HSP_POL.F160LP_A

4043.03

4818.13

4465.31

1580.37

8705.24

3482.90

2750.68

4.14e-9

HST

HSP

HST

Filter Plots

If your research benefits from the use of the SVO Filter Profile Service, we would appreciate if you could include the following acknowledgement in your publication:

This research has made use of the Spanish Virtual Observatory (https://svo.cab.inta-csic.es) project funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/ through grant PID2020-112949GB-I00

and we would appreciate if you could include the following references in your publication:

The SVO Filter Profile Service. Rodrigo, C., Solano, E., Bayo, A., 2012; https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ivoa.rept.1015R/abstract
The SVO Filter Profile Service. Rodrigo, C., Solano, E., 2020; https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020sea..confE.182R/abstract