UVOT Digest
Most recently updated: 7 July 2011
The UVOT Digest is a compendium of information about UVOT calibration and data analysis issues. It contains up-to-date information about UVOT, usually before this information has reached the formal UVOT documentation.
UVOT Calibration Status
| Item | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Zero Points | July 7, 2011 | Updated |
| Photometric Calibration Issues | January 4, 2011 | Updated |
| Distortion Map | September 14, 2010 | Updated |
| Teldef File Issues | September 1, 2009 | Added |
| Point-Spread Function | March 26, 2009 | Updated |
| UVOT Grisms: UV Grism, V Grism | October 6, 2008 | Updated |
| UVOT Operational Constraints and Performance Issues |
UVOT Science Analysis Issues
| Item | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Uvotimage and Settling Exposures | February 18, 2011 | Added |
| Image Wrap-Around Strip | December 3, 2010 | Added |
| Red Leak in Ultraviolet Filters | September 21, 2010 | Added |
| UVOT Astrometry | January 28, 2010 | Added |
| UVOT Aperture Corrections | January 19, 2010 | Updated |
| Correcting UVOT Frame Times for Data Taken Nov 10-22, 2006 | November 13, 2009 | Resolved |
| Understanding UVOT Exposure Time Keywords | November 13, 2006 | Added |
| UVOT Coincidence Loss Corrections | November 13, 2006 | Updated |
| General Issues | December 12, 2005 | Updated |
| Incorrect Exposure Times in Aspect-Corrected Images | December 1, 2005 | Fixed in Pipeline |
| Residual 5 Arcsec Pointing Uncertainties and Combined Images | December 1, 2005 | Fixed in Pipeline |
| Tails in 100-s Finding Chart Exposures | Resolved | |
| Tails in IMAGE Mode Date | Resolved | |
| Wrong Keywords in UVOT GeNI Image (TDRSS only) | Resolved |
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