TY - JOUR
T1 - The ACS virgo cluster survey. II. Data reduction procedures
AU - Jordán, Andrés
AU - Blakeslee, John P.
AU - Peng, Eric W.
AU - Mei, Simona
AU - Côté, Patrick
AU - Ferrarese, Laura
AU - Tonry, John L.
AU - Merritt, David
AU - Milosavljević, Miloš
AU - West, Michael J.
PY - 2004/10
Y1 - 2004/10
N2 - The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey is a large program to carry out multicolor imaging of 100 early-type members of the Virgo Cluster using the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on the Hubble Space Telescope. Deep F475W and F850LP images (≈SDSS g and z) are being used to study the central regions of the program galaxies, their globular cluster systems, and the three-dimensional structure of Virgo itself. In this paper, we describe in detail the data reduction procedures used for the survey, including image registration, drizzling strategies, the computation of weight images, object detection, the identification of globular cluster candidates, and the measurement of their photometric and structural parameters.
AB - The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey is a large program to carry out multicolor imaging of 100 early-type members of the Virgo Cluster using the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on the Hubble Space Telescope. Deep F475W and F850LP images (≈SDSS g and z) are being used to study the central regions of the program galaxies, their globular cluster systems, and the three-dimensional structure of Virgo itself. In this paper, we describe in detail the data reduction procedures used for the survey, including image registration, drizzling strategies, the computation of weight images, object detection, the identification of globular cluster candidates, and the measurement of their photometric and structural parameters.
KW - Galaxies: clusters: individual (Virgo)
KW - Methods: data analysis
KW - Surveys
KW - Techniques: image processing
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U2 - 10.1086/422977
DO - 10.1086/422977
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:7544224755
SN - 0067-0049
VL - 154
SP - 509
EP - 517
JO - Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series
JF - Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series
IS - 2
ER -