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Title: The S-PLUS Ultra-short Survey: Photometric Recalibration with the Best Star Database
Abstract We present an independent validation and comprehensive recalibration of S-PLUS Ultra-short Survey (USS) DR1 12-band photometry using about 30,000–70,000 standard stars from the Best Star (BEST) database. We identify the spatial variation of zero-point offsets, up to 30–40 mmag for blue filters (u,J0378, andJ0395) and 10 mmag for others, predominantly due to the higher uncertainties of the technique employed in the original USS calibration. Moreover, we detect large- and medium-scale CCD position-dependent systematic errors, up to 50 mmag, primarily caused by different aperture and flat-field corrections. We then recalibrate the USS DR1 photometry by correcting the systematic shifts for each tile using second-order two-dimensional polynomial fitting combined with a numerical stellar flat-field correction method. The recalibrated results from the XP spectrum based synthetic photometry and the stellar color regression standards are consistent within 6 mmag in the USS zero-points, demonstrating both the typical precision of the recalibrated USS photometry and a sixfold improvement in USS zero-point precision. Further validation using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and Pan-STARRS1, as well as LAMOST DR10 and Gaia photometry, also confirms this precision for the recalibrated USS photometry. Our results clearly demonstrate the capability and efficiency of the BEST database in improving calibration precision to the millimagnitude level for wide-field photometric surveys. The recalibrated USS DR1 photometry is publicly available on ChinaVO at doi:10.12149/101503.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1927130
PAR ID:
10649175
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
IOP
Date Published:
Journal Name:
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Volume:
277
Issue:
1
ISSN:
0067-0049
Page Range / eLocation ID:
26
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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