High-precision photometry with WIRCam at the CFHT

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Jul 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010spie.7737e..60d&link_type=abstract

Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems III. Edited by Silva, David R.; Peck, Alison B.; Soifer, B. Thomas.

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We present a new observing mode using WirCam on the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT). The staring mode with WIRCam can observe a target for several hours on the same pixels of the array. This allows for characterization of the photometric variations of the target to less than 0.02%, or to a signal-to-Noise Ratio >= 5000. The technical challenges encountered to implement this mode are described as well as a simple model to estimate the idealized performance of this observing mode. Early results are also presented and compared to the models.

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