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Jul 2003
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HST Proposal ID #10079
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Hst Proposal Id #10079
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The goal of astrometric calibration of the HST WFPC2 is to obtain a coordinate system free of distortion down to the precision level of 1 mas. That precision is necessary for future astrometric work {e.g., on proper motions} involving a combination of the archival WFPC2 and recent ACS images. So far such a calibration has only been obtained for the wide bandpass F555W filter {Anderson and King, 2003}. Recently V. Kozhurina-Platais {ISR, 2003-002} has expanded the analysis of the geometric distortion of WFPC2 as a function of wavelength for two other broadband filters, {F814W and F300W}, and has also established the plate scale and skew parameters {non-perpendicularity of X and Y axes} for these filters. This study points to the importance of astrometric calibration at wavelengths shorter than 400 nanometers. This proposal seeks observations in the FUV filter F255W of the Inner Calibration Field in the globular cluster omega Cen. It is expected that the amount of distortion in the F255W filter with respect to the F555W filter will be higher by 5% but this must be established from observations. A total of four astrometric calibrations in F255W {proposed here}, and F300W, F555, F814W {already completed} will allow us to interpolate such a calibration for any other filter from FUV to near infrared.
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