On the Importance of F55W and F814W Filters in WFC3


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Posted by Ted von Hippel on June 17, 1999 at 15:05:19:


Much of my WFPC2 research has been with the F555W and F814W filters.
I have avoided F606W as it transforms poorly to the Johnson V band.
I have used WFPC2 to work on open clusters, globular clusters, and
white dwarfs. I feel dropping F555W or a close equivalent from WFPC3
would be a mistake both for comparisons with past WFPC2 data and
comparisons with the large body of ground-based V-band data.



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