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CISCO sky spectraWavelength calibrationSince each grating covers the entire wavelength range admitted by its order sorting filter, the mapping between pixel and wavelength is fixed. The following are quadratic fits (wavelength = c + b x + a x2) for the wavelength (in um) as a function of pixel (x) for the three grisms in case of the slit center is 524 pixel at y=512.
a' = a b'=b-2 a dx c' = c - a dx2 - (b - 2 a dx) dx where dx = (new slit center at y = 512) - 524 revised 2003 Dec. 5 Sky spectraYou can perform your own wavelength calibration of CISCO spectra by using the night sky lines. The following plots show typical sky spectra taken with a 1.0'' slit. Postscript plots of the zJ, JH, and wK sky spectra are also available.
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