Spectrophotometry of standard stars Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Rubin D.
  2. Aldering G.
  3. Antilogus P.
  4. Aragon C.
  5. Bailey S.
  6. Baltay C.,Bongard S.
  7. Boone K.
  8. Buton C.
  9. Copin Y.
  10. Dixon S.
  11. Fouchez D.
  12. Gangler E.,Gupta R.
  13. Hayden B.
  14. Hillebrandt W.
  15. Kim A.G.
  16. Kowalski M.
  17. Kusters D.,Leget P.-F.
  18. Mondon F.
  19. Nordin J.
  20. Pain R.
  21. Pecontal E.
  22. Pereira R.,Perlmutter S.
  23. Ponder K.A.
  24. Rabinowitz D.
  25. Rigault M.
  26. Runge K.,Saunders C.
  27. Smadja G.
  28. Suzuki N.
  29. Tao C.
  30. Taubenberger S.
  31. Thomas R.C.,Vincenzi M.
  32. The Nearby Supernova Factory
  33. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We calibrate spectrophotometric optical spectra of 32 stars commonly used as standard stars, referenced to 14 stars already on the Hubble Space Telescope-based CALSPEC flux system. Observations of CALSPEC and non-CALSPEC stars were obtained with the SuperNova Integral Field Spectrograph over the wavelength range 3300-9400{AA} as calibration for the Nearby Supernova Factory cosmology experiment. In total, this analysis used 4289 standard-star spectra taken on photometric nights. As a modern cosmology analysis, all presubmission methodological decisions were made with the flux scale and external comparison results blinded. The large number of spectra per star allows us to treat the wavelength-by-wavelength calibration for all nights simultaneously with a Bayesian hierarchical model, thereby enabling a consistent treatment of the Type Ia supernova cosmology analysis and the calibration on which it critically relies. We determine the typical per-observation repeatability (median 14mmag for exposures >=5s), the Maunakea atmospheric transmission distribution (median dispersion of 7mmag with uncertainty 1mmag), and the scatter internal to our CALSPEC reference stars (median of 8mmag). We also check our standards against literature filter photometry, finding generally good agreement over the full 12mag range. Overall, the mean of our system is calibrated to the mean of CALSPEC at the level of ~3mmag. With our large number of observations, careful cross-checks, and 14 reference stars, our results are the best calibration yet achieved with an integral-field spectrograph, and among the best calibrated surveys.

Keywords
  1. standard-stars
  2. visible-astronomy
  3. spectroscopy
  4. stellar-spectral-types
  5. astronomical-models
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2022ApJS..263....1R
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IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/263/1
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.22630001

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History

2022-12-21T12:12:49Z
Resource record created
2022-12-21T12:12:49Z
Created
2023-10-03T13:01:44Z
Updated

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