QC PLOTS
	CURRENT	HISTORY
zeropoints
FOV gradients
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Photometric zeropoints are acquired in the SW-arm in most nights ISAAC is in operation. The pipeline recipe extracts the zeropoint (for SW-arm and filters J, Js, Ks and H. The zeropoint is corrected for atmospheric extinction) as its main product. The photometric zeropoint is the magnitude that corresponds to the count rate of 1 ADU/sec.

• SW-arm (Hawaii) filters: J, Js, H, Ks (taken regularly)
• LW-arm (Aladdin) J+Block, J, Ks; L, NM (taken only on nights with science data of that setting)

The jitter offset sequence of the the five raw input frames (Non-chopping mode) is shown in the following image. The first raw frame shows the photometric standard star in the center of the FOV; the second frame shows the star in the upper right quadrant a.s.o..

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History

The following list gives reason to the most striking discontinuities on the long term trending of the photometric zeropoints.

• 2000-01-01 (currently unknown)
• 2001-03-27 instrument intervention
• 2001-08-21 instrument intervention
• 2001-10-14 instrument intervention
• 2002-03-14 instrument intervention
• 2002-11-24 M1 recoating
• 2003-03-28 instrument intervention
• 2004-01-26 instrument intervention
• 2004-04-03 M1 recoating
• 2007-06-26 to 2007-01-01: intervention new ZPs (J from 25.07 to 25.25, H from 24.68 to 24.78, Js from 24.84 to 24.95, Ks from 24.17 to 24.25)
• 2007-03-29: the J+Block filter supported with the new pipeline upgrade

The Field Of View gradient is derived from flux differences of the five offset positions. The slope is given in normalized flux units per 512 pixel. A Y-SLOPE of -0.02 means that a photometric standard star produces at detector position Y=1024 pixel 2% less counts, than at the center of the detector (X=512, y=512); and at Y=1 pixel %2 more counts than in the center of array. The errors of gradients are given as well, since large errors indicate non-photometric conditions at the time of template execution. The FOV gradients are a spatially low resolution illumination check. More accurate FOV resolved zeropoints are obtained by the illumination recipe, that are taken according to the calibration plan only after interventions, but at least once a year.

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