Blank fields for twilight flats
The "blanks"-catalogue is a merged catalogue of the
"old and new blanks fields".
In the Table below fields with red are from the "old" blank
fields (blanks_old.cat). The coordinates of these fields
are collected from various sources.
The new fields (with full information and a pre-image)
(blanks_new.cat ) are fields on
the sky which have only faint stars,
which should make them attractive for flat fields. Depending on
the region of the sky the fields have different overall limits,
ranging from 13 to 15. Limits in one band can be of course even lower.
The data was optained using photographic plates which have the colours
J (λ = 480nm), F (λ = 650nm) and N (λ = 850nm),
comparable to B (λ = 428nm), R (λ = 631nm) and
i (λ = 810nm). Marked are those fields which have a limit
in F of 16+.
The "max peak ADU" gives an idea of the flux of the brightest
field star (including bias) and the next column the number of field stars.
The coordinates were chosen from the guide star catalogue
(GSC2.3, Lasker et al. 2008AJ), looking for positions on the sky
with no stars brighter than a certain limit in a radius of 5' to cover
the field of view of ALFOSC. The TCSTGT is a link to a preimage
of each field, typically 60 seconds ALFOSC R-band integration.
In the evening, select a field with RA a couple of hours more
than current ST to make sure you avoid pointing towards the sun in the west.
For the morning twilight point to the west,
RA of blank field being 2-3 hours less than the current ST.
TCS blanks-catalogue
Name |
RA |
Decl |
galactic |
galactic |
number |
limit |
limit |
limit |
R-band exposure scaled to 60 sec (raw frame) |
|
|
K<14 |
TCSTGT |
J2000.0 |
J2000.0 |
l |
b |
of stars |
J |
F |
N |
max peak kADU |
stars with peak > 20 kADU |
FWHM |
K (max) |
N |
Blank00+07 |
00:24:00 |
+07:54:00 |
111 |
-54 |
119 |
16 |
15 |
15 |
30 |
2 |
0.9 |
14.85 |
0 |
Blank01+12 |
01:21:00 |
+12:00:00 |
134 |
-50 |
165 |
17 |
15 |
15 |
40 |
1 |
0.9 |
14.93 |
0 |
Blank01+02 |
01:47:40 |
+02:20:00 |
150 |
-57 |
|
|
|
|
540 |
3 |
0.7 |
10.69 |
5 |
Blank02+13 |
02:21:00 |
+13:12:00 |
154 |
-44 |
155 |
18 |
16 |
15 |
27 |
3 |
0.9 |
13.48 |
2 |
Blank03+31 |
03:33:00 |
+31:03:00 |
159 |
-20 |
13 |
18 |
17 |
16 |
16 |
0 |
1.3 |
13.50 |
2 |
Blank04+25 |
04:42:00 |
+25:33:00 |
175 |
-13 |
33 |
18 |
16 |
15 |
12 |
0 |
1.3 |
11.98 |
4 |
Blank05-02 |
05:45:00 |
-02:09:00 |
207 |
-15 |
165 |
17 |
15 |
14 |
23. |
3 |
1.3 |
11.49 |
7 |
Blank06+42 |
06:51:00 |
+42:24:00 |
174 |
18 |
316 |
14 |
13 |
XX |
66 |
12 |
1.3 |
14.31 |
0 |
Blank07+64 |
07:48:00 |
+64:30:00 |
152 |
30 |
202 |
15 |
14 |
14 |
33 |
4 |
1.4 |
12.68 |
4 |
Blank08+37 |
08:45:00 |
+37:12:00 |
185 |
38 |
158 |
15 |
14 |
14 |
30 |
3 |
1.0 |
14.06 |
0 |
Blank09-07 |
09:12:00 |
-07:50:50 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
160 |
10 |
0.8 |
13.28 |
6 |
Blank09+46 |
09:10:28 |
+46:26:23 |
173 |
43 |
|
|
|
|
62 |
2 |
0.8 |
11.85 |
5 |
Blank09+66 |
09:24:00 |
+66:42:00 |
147 |
40 |
117 |
16 |
15 |
15 |
41. |
3 |
1.0 |
14.13 |
0 |
Blank10+58 |
10:24:00 |
+58:36:00 |
152 |
49 |
101 |
16 |
15 |
15 |
25. |
3 |
1.0 |
13.59 |
3 |
Blank10+57 |
10:52:00 |
+57:36:00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
624 |
7 |
0.8 |
14.02 |
0 |
Blank11+51 |
11:09:00 |
+51:48:00 |
154 |
59 |
90 |
17 |
16 |
15 |
17. |
0 |
1.1 |
15.27 |
0 |
Blank12+54 |
12:21:00 |
+54:12:00 |
133 |
62 |
187 |
17 |
16 |
16 |
12. |
0 |
1.1 |
13.96 |
1 |
Blank12+02 |
12:29:20 |
+02:01:00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
624 |
6 |
0.8 |
10.24 |
4 |
Blank13+29 |
13:07:00 |
+29:35:00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
175 |
1 |
0.7 |
13.66 |
1 |
Blank13+63 |
13:21:00 |
+63:48:00 |
117 |
53 |
134 |
16 |
15 |
15 |
17 |
0 |
1.1 |
13.69 |
1 |
Blank13+62 |
13:36:20 |
+62:14:00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
47 |
3 |
0.6 |
10.67 |
2 |
Blank13+05 |
13:48:20 |
+05:38:00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
78 |
4 |
0.7 |
12.95 |
1 |
Blank14+17 |
14:12:00 |
+17:39:00 |
10 |
69 |
272 |
16 |
16 |
15 |
15. |
0 |
1.0 |
13.97 |
1 |
Blank15+53 |
15:27:00 |
+53:45:00 |
87 |
51 |
151 |
17 |
16 |
15 |
19. |
0 |
1.0 |
14.65 |
0 |
Blank16+55 |
16:24:30 |
+55:44:00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
163 |
3 |
0.8 |
11.79 |
7 |
Blank16-15 |
16:50:53 |
-15:21:45 |
4 |
18 |
55 |
18 |
16 |
15 |
12. |
0 |
1.0 |
11.36 |
6 |
Blank17+34 |
17:27:00 |
+34:03:00 |
58 |
31 |
396 |
15 |
14 |
14 |
120. |
21 |
0.7 |
13.01 |
3 |
Blank17+66 |
17:59:40 |
+66:21:00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
193 |
9 |
1.0 |
10.60 |
7 |
Blank19+59 |
19:15:00 |
+59:33:00 |
90 |
20 |
355 |
14 |
13 |
13 |
217. |
25 |
0.8 |
12.00 |
5 |
Blank20-09 |
20:45:00 |
-09:06:00 |
38 |
-29 |
366 |
14 |
13 |
13 |
76. |
31 |
1.0 |
12.97 |
8 |
Blank21+11 |
21:24:00 |
+11:30:00 |
63 |
-27 |
374 |
14 |
13 |
13 |
>140 |
31 |
0.8 |
13.24 |
8 |
Blank21-08 |
21:29:30 |
-08:38:00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
108 |
6 |
1.0 |
9.47 |
6 |
Blank22-08 |
22:36:00 |
-08:33:00 |
57 |
-53 |
152 |
15 |
14 |
14 |
70. |
8 |
0.8 |
13.95 |
1 |
Blank23+11 |
23:15:50 |
+11:27:00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
603 |
2 |
0.9 |
11.11 |
3 |
Blank23+09 |
23:39:00 |
+09:30:00 |
95 |
-49 |
103 |
16 |
15 |
15 |
56. |
6 |
0.8 |
13.18 |
1 |
Blank23+00 |
23:47:00 |
+00:57:00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
292 |
6 |
0.9 |
13.01 |
3 |
The visibility plot of the blank fields for today is here.
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