Absolute Radiometric Calibration of TESS-W and SQM Night Sky Brightness Sensors
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Detector Modelling
2.2. Radiometric Calibration
2.3. Formalizing the Absolute (AB) Astronomical Magnitudes Units System
2.4. Experimental Calibration Setup
3. Results
3.1. TESS-W Detectors
3.2. SQM Detectors
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
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Constant | TESS-W Stars3 | TESS-W Stars222 | σ | Units |
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1.22·10−6 | 1.16·10−6 | 0.06·10−6 | Wm−2sr−1Hz−1 | |
521.8 | 516.9 | 7.8 | Wm−2sr−1 | |
21.58 | 21.62 | 0.06 | magAB/arcsec2 |
Constant | Serial#2370 | Serial#2747 | σ | Units |
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1.51·10−6 | 1.49·10−6 | 0.08·10−6 | Wm−2sr−1Hz−1 | |
433.9 | 415.4 | 7.9 | Wm−2sr−1 | |
21.15 | 21.12 | 0.06 | magAB/arcsec2 |
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Bará, S.; Tapia, C.E.; Zamorano, J. Absolute Radiometric Calibration of TESS-W and SQM Night Sky Brightness Sensors. Sensors 2019, 19, 1336. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19061336
Bará S, Tapia CE, Zamorano J. Absolute Radiometric Calibration of TESS-W and SQM Night Sky Brightness Sensors. Sensors. 2019; 19(6):1336. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19061336
Chicago/Turabian StyleBará, Salvador, Carlos E. Tapia, and Jaime Zamorano. 2019. "Absolute Radiometric Calibration of TESS-W and SQM Night Sky Brightness Sensors" Sensors 19, no. 6: 1336. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19061336
APA StyleBará, S., Tapia, C. E., & Zamorano, J. (2019). Absolute Radiometric Calibration of TESS-W and SQM Night Sky Brightness Sensors. Sensors, 19(6), 1336. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19061336