HST-NICMOS Color Transformations and Photometric Calibrations
Abstract
This paper presents color transformations for HST NICMOS camera 2 observations to the ground-based CIT/CTIO photometric system, using observations of nineteen moderately bright, red stars in Baade's window in the color range 0.7 < (J-K) < 1.6. We estimate an extension of the transformation to 0.4 < (J-K) < 3.0 with five standards observed by STScI. Convolving near-IR spectra taken above the atmosphere with different filter transmission profiles, we simulate both NICMOS and ground-based photometry, obtaining results which are consistent with our transformation and its extension.
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