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IRAC Instrument Handbook
8.1.4.5 Outlier Rejection ........................................................................................................................................... 137
Appendix A. Pipeline History Log ........................................................................................... 138
Appendix B. Performing Photometry on IRAC Images ........................................................... 149
Appendix C. Point Source Fitting IRAC Images with a PRF ................................................. 153
C.1 USE OF THE FIVE TIMES OVERSAMPLED PRFS OUTSIDE OF APEX .......................................................................154
C.2 MODIFICATIONS TO THE IRAC PRFS FOR USE WITH APEX ...................................................................................154
C.3 RESULT S OF TESTS WITH PRF FITTING........................................................................................................................155
C.3.1 Test on Calibration Stars ...................................................................................................................................155
C.3.2 Subpixel Response in Channels 1 and 2 ..........................................................................................................156
C.3.3 The Serpens Test Field .......................................................................................................................................159
C.3.4 The GLIMPSE Test Field ...................................................................................................................................162
C.3.5 Photometry of Moderately-Resolved Sources.................................................................................................162
C.3.6 Positional Accuracy ............................................................................................................................................163
C.3.7 A How-To-Guide for IRAC Point Source Photometry with APEX .............................................................163
C.3.8 Pixel Phase ...........................................................................................................................................................165
Appendix D. IRAC BCD File Header ...................................................................................... 167
Appendix E. Acronyms ............................................................................................................ 173
Appendix F. Acknowledgments ............................................................................................... 177
Appendix G. List of Figures ..................................................................................................... 189
Appendix H. List of Tables ...................................................................................................... 195
Appendix I. Ve rs ion Log......................................................................................................... 196
Bibliography ................................................................................................................................. 197
Index............................................................................................................................................. 199