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B.1.5 Fluxes

Functions for conversion between flux and magnitude values. Functions are provided for conversion between flux in Janskys and AB magnitudes. A set of constants are also defined for approximate conversions between the AB and Johnson magnitude scales; the source for these values is http://www.astro.utoronto.ca/~patton/astro/mags.html (citing Frei and Gunn 1995).

JOHNSON_AB_V
Approximate offset between Johnson and AB magnitudes in V band. VJ~=VAB+JOHNSON_AB_V.
JOHNSON_AB_B
Approximate offset between Johnson and AB magnitudes in B band. BJ~=BAB+JOHNSON_AB_B.
JOHNSON_AB_Bj
Approximate offset between Johnson and AB magnitudes in Bj band. BjJ~=BjAB+JOHNSON_AB_Bj.
JOHNSON_AB_R
Approximate offset between Johnson and AB magnitudes in R band. RJ~=RAB+JOHNSON_AB_R.
JOHNSON_AB_I
Approximate offset between Johnson and AB magnitudes in I band. IJ~=IAB+JOHNSON_AB_I.
JOHNSON_AB_g
Approximate offset between Johnson and AB magnitudes in g band. gJ~=gAB+JOHNSON_AB_g.
JOHNSON_AB_r
Approximate offset between Johnson and AB magnitudes in r band. rJ~=rAB+JOHNSON_AB_r.
JOHNSON_AB_i
Approximate offset between Johnson and AB magnitudes in i band. iJ~=iAB+JOHNSON_AB_i.
JOHNSON_AB_Rc
Approximate offset between Johnson and AB magnitudes in Rc band. RcJ~=RcAB+JOHNSON_AB_Rc.
JOHNSON_AB_Ic
Approximate offset between Johnson and AB magnitudes in Ic band. IcJ~=IcAB+JOHNSON_AB_Ic.
JOHNSON_AB_uPrime
Offset between Johnson and AB magnitudes in u' band (zero). u'J=u'AB+JOHNSON_AB_uPrime=u'AB.
JOHNSON_AB_gPrime
Offset between Johnson and AB magnitudes in g' band (zero). g'J=g'AB+JOHNSON_AB_gPrime=g'AB.
JOHNSON_AB_rPrime
Offset between Johnson and AB magnitudes in r' band (zero). r'J=r'AB+JOHNSON_AB_rPrime=r'AB.
JOHNSON_AB_iPrime
Offset between Johnson and AB magnitudes in i' band (zero). i'J=i'AB+JOHNSON_AB_iPrime=i'AB.
JOHNSON_AB_zPrime
Offset between Johnson and AB magnitudes in z' band (zero). z'J=z'AB+JOHNSON_AB_zPrime=z'AB.
abToJansky( magAB )
Converts AB magnitude to flux in Jansky.

F/Jy=10(23-(AB+48.6)/2.5)

janskyToAb( fluxJansky )
Converts flux in Jansky to AB magnitude.

AB=2.5*(23-log10(F/Jy))-48.6


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Starlink User Note 253
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