ISAAC trending system: HISTORY plot
Last update: 2008-07-24T13:48:49 (UT)
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*Date on this monitor changes at 21:00 UT
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  • Outliers in the gradient (dF/dx) are only meaningful when the RMS(dF/dy) is small, otherwise the deviation of dF/dx is due to a larger scatter in the measurement (e.g. non-photometric conditions, or high sky-variations). The same holds for dF/dy; here the RMS(dF/dx) should be low.
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[info]		 Symbol
[info]		 Source* Average [info] Thresholds [info] N_data Data downloads Remarks
method value unit method value
1 ♦QC1DB MEDIAN -0.01430 ADU/pixel VAL-0.1,0.1 48 this | last_yr | all H-band: FOV gradient in x-direction of standard star flux
1 •QC1DB MEDIAN 0.00174 ADU/pixel VAL-0.1,0.1 58 this | last_yr | all Js-band: FOV gradient in x-direction of standard star flux
1 oQC1DB MEDIAN -0.00258 ADU/pixel VAL-0.1,0.1 53 this | last_yr | all J-band: FOV gradient in x-direction of standard star flux
1 [19]QC1DB MEDIAN -0.00735 ADU/pixel VAL-0.1,0.1 54 this | last_yr | all Ks-band: FOV gradient in x-direction of standard star flux
2 ♦QC1DB MEDIAN -0.01889 ADU/pixel VAL-0.1,0.1 48 this | last_yr | all H-band: FOV gradient in y-direction of standard star flux
2 •QC1DB MEDIAN -0.01912 ADU/pixel VAL-0.1,0.1 58 this | last_yr | all Js-band: FOV gradient in y-direction of standard star flux
2 oQC1DB MEDIAN -0.02107 ADU/pixel VAL-0.1,0.1 53 this | last_yr | all J-band: FOV gradient in y-direction of standard star flux
2 [19]QC1DB MEDIAN -0.02322 ADU/pixel VAL-0.1,0.1 54 this | last_yr | all Ks-band: FOV gradient in y-direction of standard star flux
3 ♦QC1DB MEDIAN 0.01876 ADU/pixel VAL0,0.075 48 this | last_yr | all H-band: RMS in x-gradient
3 •QC1DB MEDIAN 0.01859 ADU/pixel VAL0,0.075 58 this | last_yr | all Js-band: RMS in x-gradient
3 oQC1DB MEDIAN 0.01972 ADU/pixel VAL0,0.075 53 this | last_yr | all J-band: RMS in x-gradient
3 [19]QC1DB MEDIAN 0.02949 ADU/pixel VAL0,0.075 54 this | last_yr | all Ks-band: RMS in x-gradient
4 ♦QC1DB MEDIAN 0.01792 ADU/pixel VAL0,0.075 48 this | last_yr | all H-band: RMS of y-gradient
4 •QC1DB MEDIAN 0.01168 ADU/pixel VAL0,0.075 58 this | last_yr | all Js-band: RMS of y-gradient
4 oQC1DB MEDIAN 0.01567 ADU/pixel VAL0,0.075 53 this | last_yr | all J-band: RMS of y-gradient
4 [19]QC1DB MEDIAN 0.02335 ADU/pixel VAL0,0.075 54 this | last_yr | all Ks-band: RMS of y-gradient
*Data sources: QC1DB: QC1 database; LOCAL: local text file
This plot

This is the trending plot for the ISAAC QC parameters derived from photometric zeropoint frames. These plots describe:
1. The spatial gradient of the photometric zeropoint along the x-axis.
2. The spatial gradient of the photometric zeropoint along the y-axis.
3. The RMS of the gradient in x derived from the linear regression analysis
4. The RMS of the gradient in y derived from the linear regression analysis

The FOV gradients are derived from the five single raw frame exposures. Since the five measurements are acquired at five different positions on the detector, a simple spatial photometry can be derived for reasons of health check. These measurements serve as a quick look.

This QC check is complementory to the annualy acquired illumination checks. The illumination checks puts the star on a finer grid on the detetctor and fits a non-linear 2-dim polynomial. Find more information about ISAAC ZPOINT calibrations here.

Other QC parameters related to detector properties (like photometric zeropoints, linearity) are trended.  

General information

Click on any of the plots to see a close-up version. The latest date is indicated on top of the plot, data points belonging to that date are specially marked.

If configured,

  • statistical averages are indicated by a solid line, and thresholds by broken lines
  • outliers are marked by a red asterisk. They are defined as data points outside the threshold lines
  • "aliens" (= data points outside the plot Y limits) are marked by a red arrow (↑ or ↓)
  • you can download the data for each parameter set if the 'Data downloads' link shows up