IRAC High Precision Photometry

Occasionally there are features in the data which are not regularly seen and are likely not of astrophysical origin.  These include rare events on the spacecraft or detectors.  In this section, we discuss those that have been brought to our attention and our current understanding of their causes.  If you have seen something unexplained in your dataset, please let us know.

 

Does your data look like this?- The following are example images from the various data features.  Click on the link to be taken to that section, or navigate from the links in the left column

Background Modulation	Corrupted Header
Pointing History File Change	Position Jump/Wheel Speed Change
Noise Pixel Spike	Cosmic Rays
Header Keywords - BADTRIG	Pattern Noise