GOODS HDF-N FLAMINGOS data
Status
The HDF-N was observed with
FLAMINGOS on the KPNO Mayall 4-m telescope 2001 February 7-11. A description
of the observing conditions can be found
here.
Data Release
Raw data: The raw FLAMINGOS data from semester 2001A, which
were previously available at this location, have been temporarily moved and reorganized
into a form that does not make them easy to retrieve. They were difficult to work
with anyway due to the near total absence of header information in early
FLAMINGOS data. If you really want the raw data, please contact Mark Dickinson
directly.
Version 0.5: Our version 0.5 reductions have been
delayed due to difficulties calibrating the array nonlinearity and geometric
distortion, as well as reduction challenges associated with the significant
PSF distortion that was present in early FLAMINGOS data. We have recently
solved the geometric distortion problem, implemented handling for geometric
distortion and field rotation into the DIMSUM data reduction software,
and have given up on the nonlinearity as uncalibratable for the 2001A data.
Since the 2001A FLAMINGOS data were taken in relatively poor conditions,
with only a few hours of total observing time, and because they have various
calibration difficulties, our hope all along has been for much better
observations during the 2002A semester, when 10 nights with FLAMINGOS
were allocated to the GOODS project. However, the first run (in March)
was lost entirely when a lens was broken in FLAMINGOS. We hope to
recover some of those lost nights in April. Nevertheless, as a result
of this loss, the older, 2001A FLAMINGOS data has become a higher
priority once again, and we are renewing our efforts on the data
reduction. Stay tuned for developments.
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