The Mauna Kea Observatories Near‐Infrared Filter Set. II. Specifications for a NewJHKL′M′ Filter Set for Infrared Astronomy | Zendy

A. T. Tokunaga | Zendy; Doug Simons | Zendy; William D. Vacca | Zendy

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The Mauna Kea Observatories Near‐Infrared Filter Set. II. Specifications for a NewJHKL′M′ Filter Set for Infrared Astronomy

Author(s) -

A. T. Tokunaga,

Doug Simons,

William D. Vacca

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

publications of the astronomical society of the pacific

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.294

H-Index - 172

eISSN - 1538-3873

pISSN - 0004-6280

DOI - 10.1086/338545

Subject(s) - observatory , flatness (cosmology) , filter (signal processing) , infrared , remote sensing , set (abstract data type) , space observatory , physics , data set , computer science , environmental science , astronomy , computer vision , geology , artificial intelligence , cosmology , programming language

We present a description of a new 1--5 $\mu$m filter set similar to thelong-used JHKLM filter set derived from that of Johnson. The new Mauna KeaObservatories Near-Infrared (MKO-NIR) filter set is designed to reducebackground noise, improve photometric transformations from observatory toobservatory, provide greater accuracy in extrapolating to zero air mass, andreduce the color dependence in the extinction coefficient in photometricreductions. We have also taken into account the requirements of adaptive opticsin setting the flatness specification of the filters. A complete technicaldescription is presented to facilitate the production of similar filters in thefuture.Comment: PASP, in press. 16 pages, 4 figures, 3 table

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