Secondary standards in the UKIRT faint standard fields

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Hauptverfasser: Górski, Marek, Pietrzyński, Grzegorz, Karczmarek, Paulina, Hajdu, Gergely, Kicia, Mirosław, Kałuszyński, Mikołaj, Eimer, Joseph R., Smee, Stephen A., Zgirski, Bartłomiej, Wielgórski, Piotr, Narloch, Weronika
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author Górski, Marek
Pietrzyński, Grzegorz
Karczmarek, Paulina
Hajdu, Gergely
Kicia, Mirosław
Kałuszyński, Mikołaj
Eimer, Joseph R.
Smee, Stephen A.
Zgirski, Bartłomiej
Wielgórski, Piotr
Narloch, Weronika
author_facet Górski, Marek
Pietrzyński, Grzegorz
Karczmarek, Paulina
Hajdu, Gergely
Kicia, Mirosław
Kałuszyński, Mikołaj
Eimer, Joseph R.
Smee, Stephen A.
Zgirski, Bartłomiej
Wielgórski, Piotr
Narloch, Weronika
contents We present precise J- and K-band photometric measurements for 128 near-infrared secondary standard stars, located in the 19 UKIRT/MKO primary faint standard fields. The data were collected over more than 50 nights, covering a decade of observations between 2008 and 2018 at the ESO La Silla Observatory, using the New Technology Telescope (NTT) equipped with the SOFI NIR camera. Presented magnitudes are calibrated onto the MKO photometric system. The J- and K-band magnitudes range from 10 to 15.8 mag, with median values of $\tilde{J}$ = 13.5 and $\tilde{K}$ = 13 mag. The selection process ensured high photometric quality, with a precision better than 0.01 mag for all stars. The catalog excludes stars with close neighbors, high proper motion, or variable stars. Using these fields for standardization can improve the precision and accuracy of photometric calibrations without increasing the observational time cost.
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spellingShingle Secondary standards in the UKIRT faint standard fields
Górski, Marek
Pietrzyński, Grzegorz
Karczmarek, Paulina
Hajdu, Gergely
Kicia, Mirosław
Kałuszyński, Mikołaj
Eimer, Joseph R.
Smee, Stephen A.
Zgirski, Bartłomiej
Wielgórski, Piotr
Narloch, Weronika
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
We present precise J- and K-band photometric measurements for 128 near-infrared secondary standard stars, located in the 19 UKIRT/MKO primary faint standard fields. The data were collected over more than 50 nights, covering a decade of observations between 2008 and 2018 at the ESO La Silla Observatory, using the New Technology Telescope (NTT) equipped with the SOFI NIR camera. Presented magnitudes are calibrated onto the MKO photometric system. The J- and K-band magnitudes range from 10 to 15.8 mag, with median values of $\tilde{J}$ = 13.5 and $\tilde{K}$ = 13 mag. The selection process ensured high photometric quality, with a precision better than 0.01 mag for all stars. The catalog excludes stars with close neighbors, high proper motion, or variable stars. Using these fields for standardization can improve the precision and accuracy of photometric calibrations without increasing the observational time cost.
title Secondary standards in the UKIRT faint standard fields
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.02945