The Hubble Deep Field South Flanking Fields
| Autor: | Crystal L. Martin, T. Ed Smith, Russell B. Makidon, Jennifer Mack, Christopher J. Conselice, Rosa A. Gonzalez-Lopezlira, Diane Gilmore, Inge Heyer, Stefi A. Baum, R. Hook, Duilia F. de Mello, David Zurek, Max Mutchler, Andrew S. Fruchter, Henry C. Ferguson, Massimo Stiavelli, Mark Dickinson, Ray A. Lucas, Robert Williams, Mary Elizabeth Kaiser, Stefano Casertano, Thomas M. Brown, Jonathan P. Gardner, Harry I. Teplitz, Michael S. Wiggs |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Physics
Offset (computer science) Hubble Deep Field Astrophysics (astro-ph) Hubble Deep Field South Solid angle FOS: Physical sciences Astronomy and Astrophysics Astrophysics Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics Supernova Space and Planetary Science Flanking maneuver Surface brightness Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics Data reduction |
| Popis: | As part of the Hubble Deep Field South program, a set of shorter 2-orbit observations were obtained of the area adjacent to the deep fields. The WFPC2 flanking fields cover a contiguous solid angle of 48 square arcminutes. Parallel observations with the STIS and NICMOS instruments produce a patchwork of additional fields with optical and near-infrared (1.6 micron) response. Deeper parallel exposures with WFPC2 and NICMOS were obtained when STIS observed the NICMOS deep field. These deeper fields are offset from the rest, and an extended low surface brightness object is visible in the deeper WFPC2 flanking field. In this data paper, which serves as an archival record of the project, we discuss the observations and data reduction, and present SExtractor source catalogs and number counts derived from the data. Number counts are broadly consistent with previous surveys from both ground and space. Among other things, these flanking field observations are useful for defining slit masks for spectroscopic follow-up over a wider area around the deep fields, for studying large-scale structure that extends beyond the deep fields, for future supernova searches, and for number counts and morphological studies, but their ultimate utility will be defined by the astronomical community. 46 pages, 15 figures. Images and full catalogs available via the HDF-S at http://www.stsci.edu/ftp/science/hdfsouth/hdfs.html at present. The paper is accepted for the February 2003 Astronomical Journal. Full versions of the catalogs will also be available on-line from AJ after publication |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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