Flattening ChroMag
Flat Fielding Solar Images
Mara Johnson-Groh Gustavus Adolphus College Alfred de Wijn HAO
Summer 2013
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Summer 2013 Flattening ChroMag Flat Fielding Solar Images Mara Johnson-Groh Gustavus Adolphus College Alfred de Wijn HAO ChroMag Primary Lens Field Lens Pre-filter Lyot Filter He I 587.6nm Camera Fe I
Flat Fielding Solar Images
Mara Johnson-Groh Gustavus Adolphus College Alfred de Wijn HAO
Summer 2013
Fe I – 617.3nm H I – 656.3nm Ca II – 854.2nm He I – 1083.0nm Field Lens Primary Lens Pre-filter Lyot Filter Camera
He I – 587.6nm Ca II – 854.2nm
H I – 656.3nm
H I – 656.3nm
He I – 587.6nm Ca II – 854.2nm
D — image array G — image gain x — specific pixel a — image offsets n — number of images in series i,j — specifies which image in series
Ideal image Light level variation Flat pattern Observed image Adjusts for boundary effects
displacement offsets
l mpfit2Dfun
u m n ¡
u m n ¡
u m n ¡
Ca II – 854.2nm He I – 587.6nm Fe I – 617.3nm H I – 656.3nm He I – 1083.0nm Original flats Model fitted gain Chae gain
3.95% 3.76% 4.32% 2.43%
Ca II – 854.2nm He I – 587.6nm Fe I – 617.3nm H I – 656.3nm He I – 1083.0nm