Spectrophotometric Calibration of the 10-m GTC Telescope at La Palma Observatory

Bibcode
2007ASPC..364..289D
di Césare, M. A.; Hammersley, P. L.; Rodríguez-Espinosa, J. M.
Bibliographical reference

The Future of Photometric, Spectrophotometric and Polarimetric Standardization, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 364, Proceedings of a conference held 8-11 May, 2006 in Blankenberge, Belgium. Edited by C. Sterken. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2007., p.289

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2007
Number of authors
3
IAC number of authors
0
Citations
2
Refereed citations
1
Description
We propose a calibration plan for the GTC based on techniques similar to the ones used for space calibration. After studying the telescope and instrument requirements, and observing during intensive campaigns we have begun to prepare the GTC catalogue of standard stars. In this article we show the calibration strategy for the telescope and the scientific instruments in the range between 0.3 and 2.7 microns. We present a sample of the results obtained and some annalysis of the data.
Type
Non-refereed

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