Photometric calibration of the international ultraviolet explorer (IUE) : low dispersion.
Savage, B. D.; Snijders, M. A. J.; Bohlin, R. C.; Holm, A. V.; Sparks, W. M.
United States, United Kingdom
Abstract
Absolute sensitivity curves for IUE low-resolution spectra are obtained by comparing IUE measurements of hot stars with the absolute energy distributions established for these objects by previous satellite and rocket experiments. The differences between these earlier experiments are discussed quantitatively, and a common absolute flux scale is proposed as the basis for the absolute calibration of IUE.