Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jun 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994aj....107.2226k&link_type=abstract
The Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 107, no. 6, p. 2226-2232
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Calibrating, Far Infrared Radiation, Infrared Astronomy, Infrared Astronomy Satellite, Infrared Filters, Leakage, Stellar Spectra, Fourier Analysis, Stellar Spectrophotometry
Scientific paper
Because stars emit very small portions of their outputs in the far infrared, using them as calibrators requires precise measurement and correction for filter leaks at shorter wavelengths. Therefore, it is common to base far infrared calibrations on planetary objects such as asteriods. However, asteroids are complex geological bodies whose thermal properties depend on their evolutionary histories as well as on their gross parameters such as mass and composition, making them difficult to model as calibrators. We propose a new method for measuring filter leaks that can be carried out using the end-to-end detector system and therefore allows reliable use of stellar calibrators. We illustrate this method by showing that the Infrared Astronomy Satellite (IRAS) 100 micrometers (Band 4) filters had a short wavelength leak of 14.3% +/- 3.6% on stars similar to alpha Boo, but that there is no detectable leak in the 60 micrometers (Band 3) filters. We derive a calibration for Band 4 from stellar colors in a way that is closely analogous to the calibrations of Bands 1, 2, and 3. With correction for the leak, the stellar-based calibration is virtually identical to the original calibration based on asteroids; this result requires that the spectra of the asteriods for the original calibration differ from greybody behavior between 60 and 100 micrometers by about 10%.
Kirby D. J.
Lebofsky Larry A.
Rieke George H.
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