Wide-field optical imaging on ELAIS N1, ELAIS N2, First Look Survey and Lockman Hole: Observations and source catalogues

E. Gonzales-Solares, M. Irwin, R.G. McMahon, S. Hodgkin, J.R. Lewis, N.A. Walton, M.J. Jarvis, L. Marchetti, S. Oliver, I. Perez-Fournon, B. Siana, J. Surace, M. Vaccari

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Abstract

We present u-, g-, r-, i- and z-band optical images and associated catalogues taken primarily with the Isaac Newton Telescope Wide Field Camera on the European Large Area ISO Survey (ELAIS) N1 and N2, First Look Survey and Lockman Hole fields comprising a total of 1000h of integration time over 80deg2 and approximately 4.3 million objects. In this paper we outline the observations and data processing and characterize the completeness, reliability, photometric and astrometric accuracy of this data set. All images have been photometrically calibrated using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and a uniform and homogeneous data set is composed over all the observed fields. Magnitude limits are u, g, r, i, z of 23.9, 24.5, 24.0, 23.3, 22.0 (AB, 5σ). These data have been used for optical identification of past and ongoing projects including the surveys ELAIS, Spitzer Wide-Area Infrared Extragalactic Survey, Spitzer Extragalactic Representative Volume Survey and Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)927-940
Number of pages14
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume416
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

Keywords

  • catalogues
  • galaxies: photometry
  • galaxies: statistics
  • surveys
  • techniques: image processing
  • techniques: photometric

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