CALIBRATING HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE: POST SERVICING MISSION
May 15 -- 17, 1995
Baltimore, Maryland
***** Second Announcement *****
This is the second announcement for a workshop on calibrating Hubble
Space Telescope Data after the servicing mission. The workshop will be
held at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore from May
15th to May 17th 1995.
I. Rationale
The rationale behind this workshop is to bring together the HST
community and the STScI instrument scientists and other STScI staff so
they can exchange ideas on calibration of HST data and its analysis.
It has been nearly a year since the servicing mission launched the
WFPC2, and changed the characteristics of the FOC, FOS and GHRS. Hence,
it is time to assemble the collected wisdom of the HST community to
summarize our current understanding of HST and the science instruments
onboard.
II. Workshop Schedule
An outline of the schedule for the meeting is given below. At this time
we have firm commitments from all invited speakers. Their names are
included in the agenda. No assignments for contributed talks have yet
been made. These will be selected from the abstracts we receive after
this announcement.
Monday, May 15, 1995
09:00 - 11:00 WFPC2 overview
WFPC2 Calibration Status Report -- John MacKenty
CCD Idiosyncrasies -- John Trauger
Flat Fields, Polarization -- John Biretta
PSF and Scattered Light -- John Krist
Photometry -- Brad Whitmore
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee and Posters
11:30 - 12:30 FOC Overview
FOC Calibration Status Report -- Antonella Nota
Image Quality and PSF -- Robert Jedrzejewski
13:30 - 15:00 GHRS Overview
GHRS Calibration Status Report -- Claus Leitherer
Side-1 Capabilities -- Dennis Ebbets
High S/N Observations -- Jason Cardelli
PSF and Aperture Throughput -- Robinson
R136: Imaging & Target Acquisition -- Eliot Malumuth
15:00 - 15:30 Tea and Posters
15:30 - 17:00 FGS Overview and STSDAS Overview
FGS Calibration Status Report -- Mario Lattanzi
STSDAS Status Report -- Rick White
New Analysis Tools in Development --
Tuesday, May 16, 1995
09:00 - 11:00 FOS Overview
FOS Calibration Status Report -- Anuradha Koratkar
FOS Flat Fields -- Tony Keyes
Absolute Photometry and Standard Stars -- Ralph Bohlin
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee and Posters
11:30 - 12:30 Archive Overview
Archive Status Report -- Kirk Borne
How to Work with Archive Data -- Micheal Rosa
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 WFPC2 and FOS working groups (Contributed papers invited)
Tentative Topics for WFPC2
Main-Sequence Photometry and Ages for the
Outermost Halo Clusters
WFPC2 and FOC Photometric Methods, with Emphasis on Globular
Cluster CMD, Luminosity Functions, and Density Distributions
Methods for Combining "Dithered" WFPC2 Images
Calibration for HST Medium Deep Survey
Tentative Topics for FOS
Location of FOS Spectra
Target Acquisition Nuances
LSF/PSF issues
FOS Wavelength Calibration
Dark Issues
FOS Polarimetry
15:00 - 15:30 Tea and Posters
15:30 - 17:00 WFPC2 and FOS working groups (Contributed papers invited)
Wednesday, May 17, 1995
09:00 - 11:00 FOC and GHRS working groups (Contributed papers invited)
Tentative Topics for FOC
FOC Photometry
Extended Source Photometry
Comparison of FOC with WFPC2
Tentative Topics for GHRS (Contributed papers invited)
Calibration close-out before the removal of the GHRS
Far-UV campaign with Costar mirrors removed
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee and Posters
11:30 - 12:30 FOC and GHRS working groups
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 Overview of STIS and NICMOS
STIS Status Report -- Mark Clampin
NICMOS Status Report -- Dave Axon
III. Proceedings
In addition to the above talks, contributed papers or posters are
invited from all participants. The deadline date is 1st May 1995, so
that we can arrange the working sessions.
The proceedings of the workshop will be published as part of the STSCI
publication series. Each registered participant will be mailed a
personal copy of the volume. In order to achieve this fast turn around,
we request that we receive the camera-ready manuscripts by July 31,
1995. Instructions on the style and on how to obtain sample LaTeX
files will be given during the conference. Ample space will be provided
for the reviews and for the poster and oral contributions.
IV. Organizing Committee
Anuradha Koratkar (Chair)
Chris Blades (New Instruments)
Tony Keyes (FOS)
Mario Lattanzi (FGS)
Claus Leitherer (GHRS)
John MacKenty (WFPC2)
Antonella Nota (FOC)
Micheal Rosa (ST-ECF)
Brad Whitmore (Analysis)
V. Location
The workshop will take place at the Space Telescope Science Institute
in Baltimore, Maryland. Maps to the area and other logistics will be
mailed after we receive your registration form.
VI. Accommodation
We will make arrangements for most participants to stay in a nearby
hotel within walking distance of the institute. The hotel is
'The Colonnade Inn' and the accommodation charges are $109/night. Please
indicate in the registration form below, your arrival and departure
dates.
VII. Registration
Registration forms are attached to this letter below. Although
there is no registration fee, your registration and room reservation
will be effective only after we have received the e-mail form. An
electronic acknowledgment will be sent to you. The completed
registration form should be returned to us as soon as possible.
