VELOSYS

[m/s] Barycentric correction to radial velocity

The correction to be applied to put JWST radial velocities into the Barycentric reference frame (meters per second). Computed as -1 times the dot product of the total velocity of JWST relative to the barycenter with a unit vector in the direction of RA_REF/DEC_REF. The total JWST velocity is the sum of the JWST velocity relative to Earth and the velocity of Earth relative to the barycenter.

Attribute Value
data type float
enumerated Values not defined
units m/sec
example
default value
special processing OPTIONAL
source Calibration Software
software source
calculation
DB destination ['ScienceCommonExt.velosys']
data type in DB float
instrument MIRI, NIRCAM, NIRISS, NIRSPEC
mode MIR_MRS, MIR_LRS-FIXEDSLIT, MIR_LRS-SLITLESS, NRC_WFSS, NRS_MSASPEC, NRS_FIXEDSLIT, NRS_IFU, NIS_WFSS, NIS_SOSS
product level 2b
FITS hdu SCI
FITS header section WCS Parameters