NICMOS Coronagraphic Calibration

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Feb 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004nicm.rept....1s&link_type=abstract

Instrument Science Report NICMOS 2004-001, 12 pages

Computer Science

Hubble Space Telescope, Hst, Space Telescope Science Institute, Nicmos

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The NICMOS coronagraphic imaging mode has been fully reactivated following SM3B, performing slightly better than during Cycle 7. The diffractive rejection is essentially unchanged (to first order) from Cycle 7 except there is a shift in the mean position of the cold mask which gives better second-order rejection on the downsloping diffraction spikes and slightly worse on the upsloping diffraction spikes. A target can be positioned within ~0.08 pixel (~5.8 mas) of the coronagraphic hole low-scatter position, with a repeatability of ~0.04 pixel (~2.9 mas) for two visits executed within the same orbit, with a roll between visits. The coronagraphic focus was checked and no adjustment was needed. The Cycle 7 coronagraphic focus position is still the best focus. A slight adjustment was made to the PAMC tilt to remove some coma that was not present during Cycle 7. The “hole 32x32 pixel subarray” field-of-regard (FOR) was adjusted by a few pixels in each direction due to displacement of the hole image on the detector caused by the warm up at the end of Cycle 7 and subsequent cool down following SM3B. A new ACQ FOR “gain” table (flat field) was installed to handle hot and cold pixels, allowing Mode-2 acquisitions for targets from H=4 to 17. The coronagraphic hole low scatter point, the “sweet spot,” was checked and a slight adjustment was required to achieve light suppression about the coronagraphic hole comparable to or slightly better than that achieved during Cycle 7.

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