Photometric Recovery of Crowded Stellar Fields Observed withHST/WFPC2 and the Effects of Confusion N...
Photometric Recovery of Crowded Stellar Fields Observed withHST/WFPC2 and the Effects of Confusion Noise on the Extragalactic Distance Scale
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The University of Chicago Press
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English
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We explore the limits of photometric reductions of crowded stellar fields observed with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 on board theHubble Space Telescope. Two photometric procedures, based on the DoPHOT and DAOPHOT/ALLFRAME programs, are tested, and the effects of crowding, complex sky background, and cosmic‐ray contamination are discussed u...
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Photometric Recovery of Crowded Stellar Fields Observed withHST/WFPC2 and the Effects of Confusion Noise on the Extragalactic Distance Scale
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TN_cdi_jstor_primary_10_1086_316520
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_jstor_primary_10_1086_316520
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0004-6280
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1538-3873
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10.1086/316520
