The Capodimonte Deep Field

This is a three-colour image of about 1/4 of the Capodimonte Deep Field (OACDF) obtained with the Wide-Field Imager (WFI) on the MPG/ESO 2.2-m telescope at the la Silla Observatory. It covers "OACDF Subfield no. 2 (OACDF2)" with an area of about 35 x 32 arcmin 2 (about the size of the full moon), and it is one of the "deepest" wide-field images ever obtained. It has been obtained by the combination of the B, V, and R stacked images of the OACDF2 field. The total exposure times in the three bands are 2 hours in B and V (12 ditherings of 10 min each were stacked to produce the B and V images) and 3 hours in R (13 ditherings of 15 min each). The mosaic images in the B and V bands were aligned relative to the R-band image and adjusted to a logarithmic intensity scale prior to the combination. The typical seeing was of the order of 1 arcsec in each of the three bands. Preliminary estimates of the three-sigma limiting magnitudes in B, V and R indicate 25.5, 25.0 and 25.0, respectively. More than 35,000 objects are detected above the three-sigma level.

Technical information : this image has been obtained by the combination of the B, V, and R stacked images of the OACDF2 field. The total exposure times in the three bands are 2 hours in B and V (12 ditherings of 10 min each were stacked to produce the B and V images) and 3 hours in R (13 ditherings of 15 min each). The mosaic images in the B and V bands were aligned relative to the R-band image and adjusted to a logarithmic intensity scale prior to the combination. The typical seeing was of the order of 1 arcsec in each of the three bands. Preliminary estimates of the three-sigma limiting magnitudes in B, V and R indicate 25.5, 25.0 and 25.0, respectively. More than 35,000 objects are detected above the three-sigma level. North is up and East is left.

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ESO

O snímku

Id:eso0116a
Typ:Pozorování
Datum zveřejnění:10. dubna 2001
Související články:eso0116
Velikost:3000 x 2579 px

O objektu

Jméno:Capodimonte Deep Field
Typ:Early Universe : Cosmology : Morphology : Deep Field
Early Universe : Galaxy : Activity : AGN : Quasar
Constellation:Corvus
Kategorie:Cosmology
Quasars and Black Holes

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Souřadnice

Position (RA):12 24 21.30
Position (Dec):-12° 35' 35.92"
Field of view:35.65 x 30.64 arcminutes
Orientace:Sever je 0.0° levá od svislé osy