PHT-S exhibits a steep beam profile in particular in the cross-dispersion
(spacecraft y-axis) direction, see Section4.5.1.3. As a
consequence, a small pointing offset can cause both a significant absolute
flux offset and a change of the relative spectral shape. The latter is also
visible via flux jumps at the wavelength borders of the order sorting
filters. These borders are situated at 3.7
m for the PHT-SS array
and 8.8
m for the PHT-SL array.
Caveat: The accuracies for PHT-S point source spectrophotometry
are only valid for sources within
3arcsec of the centre of
the aperture. Off-pointings can lead to significant flux losses and
modifications of the spectral shape. Conspicuous artifacts are flux
jumps at the wavelengths of the order sorting filter transitions
at 3.7
m for the SS array and 8.8
m for the SL array.
It is therefore advisable to cross-check the PHT-S pointing with independent determinations of the source position.