High-precision photometry with WIRCam at the CFHT

Daniel Devost; Loïc Albert; Douglas Teeple; Bryce Croll

doi:10.1117/12.856848

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29 July 2010 High-precision photometry with WIRCam at the CFHT

Daniel Devost, Loïc Albert, Douglas Teeple, Bryce Croll

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Proceedings Volume 7737, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems III; 77372D (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856848
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We present a new observing mode using WirCam on the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT). The staring mode with WIRCam can observe a target for several hours on the same pixels of the array. This allows for characterization of the photometric variations of the target to less than 0.02%, or to a signal-to-Noise Ratio ≥ 5000. The technical challenges encountered to implement this mode are described as well as a simple model to estimate the idealized performance of this observing mode. Early results are also presented and compared to the models.

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Daniel Devost, Loïc Albert, Douglas Teeple, and Bryce Croll "High-precision photometry with WIRCam at the CFHT", Proc. SPIE 7737, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems III, 77372D (29 July 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856848

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