TY - BOOK ID - 5453636 TI - The 2007 ESO Instrument Calibration Workshop : proceedings of the ESO workshop held in Garching, Germany, 23-26 January 2007 AU - Kaufer, A. AU - Kerber, F. AU - ESO Instrument Calibration Workshop PY - 2008 SN - 9783540769620 3540769625 9786611310110 1281310115 3540769633 PB - Berlin : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Astronomisches Instrument KW - Kalibrieren <Messtechnik> KW - Garching <München, 2007> KW - Astronomical instruments -- Calibration -- Congresses. KW - Astronomical instruments -- Calibration. KW - Astronomical instruments. KW - Astronomical instruments KW - Spectroscope KW - Astronomical spectroscopy KW - Astronomy & Astrophysics KW - Physical Sciences & Mathematics KW - Astronomy - General KW - Astronomical Observatories & Instruments KW - Calibration KW - Equipment and supplies KW - Spectroscopy, Astronomical KW - Astronomy KW - Instruments, Astronomical KW - Instruments KW - Physics. KW - Observations, Astronomical. KW - Astrophysics. KW - Physical measurements. KW - Measurement. KW - Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. KW - Astrophysics and Astroparticles. KW - Measurement Science and Instrumentation. KW - Observations. KW - Absorption spectra KW - Astrophysics KW - Spectrum analysis KW - Optical instruments KW - Physical instruments KW - Scientific apparatus and instruments KW - Space optics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5453636 AB - The 2007 ESO Instrument Calibration workshop brought together more than 120 participants with the objective to a) foster the sharing of information, experience and techniques between observers, instrument developers and instrument operation teams, b) review the actual precision and limitations of the applied instrument calibration plans, and c) collect the current and future requirements by the ESO users. These present proceedings include the majority of the workshop’s contributions and document the status quo of instrument calibration at ESO in large detail. Topics covered are: Optical Spectro-Imagers, Optical Multi-Object Spectrographs, NIR and MIR Spectro-Imagers, High-Resolution Spectrographs, Integral Field Spectrographs, Adaptive Optics Instruments, Polarimetric Instruments, Wide Field Imagers, Interferometric Instruments as well as other crucial aspects such as data flow, quality control, data reduction software and atmospheric effects. It was stated in the workshop that "calibration is a life-long learning process''. In this sense, this book will be a reference point for all future efforts to improve instrument calibration procedures in astronomy. ER -