Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-10-28
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
11 pages, 16 figures, accepted for publication in A&A Supplement Series
Scientific paper
10.1051/aas:2000316
In this paper we document the results of the study which led to the ripple correction and absolute calibration algorithms applied to the high resolution spectra processed with the NEWSIPS software for the Final Archive of the IUE Project. In this analysis, based on a very large number of spectra, we find that both K and the alpha parameters (not only the former as previously believed) vary with order number. This fact, together with the finding that the central peaks of the blaze function vary also as a function of the THDA temperature (for the SWP camera) and of the date of observations (for the LWP and LWR cameras), makes the ripple correction algorithm more complex than previously considered but, at the same time, considerably more reliable. As for the high resolution absolute calibration, the method followed is similar to the one implemented in IUESIPS. The internal accuracy of the high resolution calibration is about 4%. We note that the ripple correction and absolute calibration algorithms here described apply also to IUE data processed and distributed with the INES system.
Altamore Aldo
Barbero J.
Cassatella Angelo
González-Riestra Rosario
Ponz J. D.
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