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9.6.3 The Final Photometry Flats

To make the final flats, the illumination correction was multiplied to the flats. To summarize in a hopefully understandable notation:
$\displaystyle \mbox{flat(GR,1)}$ = $\displaystyle \mbox{sky\_flat(GR,2+)} \ast
\mbox{ill.\_corr.(GR)} \ast
\mbox{smooth}\left(\frac{\mbox{sky\_flat(GR,1)}}{\mbox{sky\_flat(GR,2+)}}\right)$ (9.21)
$\displaystyle \mbox{flat(GR,2+)}$ = $\displaystyle \mbox{sky\_flat(GR,2+)} \ast
\mbox{ill.\_corr.(GR)}$ (9.22)
$\displaystyle \mbox{flat(JB,1)}$ = $\displaystyle \mbox{sky\_flat(JB,2+)} \ast
\mbox{ill.\_corr.(JB)} \ast
\mbox{smooth}\left(\frac{\mbox{sky\_flat(JB,1)}}{\mbox{sky\_flat(JB,2+)}}\right)$ (9.23)
$\displaystyle \mbox{flat(JB,2+))}$ = $\displaystyle \mbox{sky\_flat(JB,2+)} \ast
\mbox{ill.\_corr.(JB)}$ (9.24)
$\displaystyle \mbox{flat(JU,1)}$ = $\displaystyle \mbox{sky\_flat(JU,2+)} \ast
\mbox{smooth}\left(\frac{\mbox{sky\_flat(JU,1)}}{\mbox{sky\_flat(JU,2+)}}\right)$ (9.25)
$\displaystyle \mbox{flat(JU,2+))}$ = $\displaystyle \mbox{sky\_flat(JU,2+)}$ (9.26)



Properties of E and S0 Galaxies in the Clusters HydraI and Coma
Master's Thesis, University of Copenhagen, July 1997

Bo Milvang-Jensen (milvang@astro.ku.dk)