TY - JOUR
T1 - The Hubble Space Telescope advanced camera for surveys coma cluster survey. I. Survey objectives and design
AU - Carter, David
AU - Goudfrooij, Paul
AU - Mobasher, Bahram
AU - Ferguson, Henry C.
AU - Puzia, Thomas H.
AU - Aguerri, Alfonso L.
AU - Balcells, Marc
AU - Batcheldor, Dan
AU - Bridges, Terry J.
AU - Davies, Jonathan I.
AU - Erwin, Peter
AU - Graham, Alister W.
AU - Guzmán, Rafael
AU - Hammer, Derek
AU - Hornschemeier, Ann
AU - Hoyos, Carlos
AU - Hudson, Michael J.
AU - Huxor, Avon
AU - Jogee, Shardha
AU - Komiyama, Yutaka
AU - Lotz, Jennifer
AU - Lucey, John R.
AU - Marzke, Ronald O.
AU - Merritt, David
AU - Miller, Bryan W.
AU - Miller, Neal A.
AU - Mouhcine, Mustapha
AU - Okamura, Sadanori
AU - Peletier, Reynier F.
AU - Phillipps, Steven
AU - Poggianti, Bianca M.
AU - Sharples, Ray M.
AU - Smith, Russell J.
AU - Trentham, Neil
AU - Tully, R. Brent
AU - Valentijn, Edwin
AU - Verdoes Kleijn, Gijs
PY - 2008/6/1
Y1 - 2008/6/1
N2 - We describe the HST ACS Coma Cluster Treasury survey, a deep
two-passband imaging survey of one of the nearest rich clusters of
galaxies, the Coma Cluster (Abell 1656). The survey was designed to
cover an area of 740 arcmin2 in regions of different density
of both galaxies and intergalactic medium within the cluster. The ACS
failure of 2007 January 27 leaves the survey 28% complete, with 21 ACS
pointings (230 arcmin2) complete, and partial data for a
further four pointings (44 arcmin2). The predicted survey
depth for 10 σ detections for optimal photometry of point sources
is g'=27.6 in the F475W filter and IC=26.8 mag in
F814 (AB magnitudes). Initial simulations with artificially injected
point sources show 90% recovered at magnitude limits of
g'=27.55 and IC=26.65. For extended sources, the
predicted 10 σ limits for a 1 arcsec2 region are
g'=25.8 mag arcsec-2 and IC=25.0 mag
arcsec-2. We highlight several motivating science goals of
the survey, including study of the faint end of the cluster galaxy
luminosity function, structural parameters of dwarf galaxies, stellar
populations and their effect on colors and color gradients, evolution of
morphological components in a dense environment, the nature of
ultracompact dwarf galaxies, and globular cluster populations of cluster
galaxies of a range of luminosities and types. This survey will also
provide a local rich cluster benchmark for various well-known global
scaling relations and explore new relations pertaining to the nuclear
properties of galaxies.
Based on observations with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope obtained
at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the
association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under NASA
contract NAS5-26555. These observations are associated with program
GO10861.
AB - We describe the HST ACS Coma Cluster Treasury survey, a deep
two-passband imaging survey of one of the nearest rich clusters of
galaxies, the Coma Cluster (Abell 1656). The survey was designed to
cover an area of 740 arcmin2 in regions of different density
of both galaxies and intergalactic medium within the cluster. The ACS
failure of 2007 January 27 leaves the survey 28% complete, with 21 ACS
pointings (230 arcmin2) complete, and partial data for a
further four pointings (44 arcmin2). The predicted survey
depth for 10 σ detections for optimal photometry of point sources
is g'=27.6 in the F475W filter and IC=26.8 mag in
F814 (AB magnitudes). Initial simulations with artificially injected
point sources show 90% recovered at magnitude limits of
g'=27.55 and IC=26.65. For extended sources, the
predicted 10 σ limits for a 1 arcsec2 region are
g'=25.8 mag arcsec-2 and IC=25.0 mag
arcsec-2. We highlight several motivating science goals of
the survey, including study of the faint end of the cluster galaxy
luminosity function, structural parameters of dwarf galaxies, stellar
populations and their effect on colors and color gradients, evolution of
morphological components in a dense environment, the nature of
ultracompact dwarf galaxies, and globular cluster populations of cluster
galaxies of a range of luminosities and types. This survey will also
provide a local rich cluster benchmark for various well-known global
scaling relations and explore new relations pertaining to the nuclear
properties of galaxies.
Based on observations with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope obtained
at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the
association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under NASA
contract NAS5-26555. These observations are associated with program
GO10861.
KW - galaxies : clusters : individual (Abell 1656)
KW - galaxies : fundamental parameters
KW - galaxies : luminosity function, mass function
KW - galaxies : photometry
KW - galaxies : stellar content
KW - galaxies : structure
KW - EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES
KW - DWARF ELLIPTIC GALAXIES
KW - SUPERMASSIVE BLACK-HOLES
KW - FUNDAMENTAL-PLANE-SURVEY
KW - EXTREME-ULTRAVIOLET EMISSION
KW - SURFACE-BRIGHTNESS PROFILES
KW - BRIGHTEST SPIRAL GALAXIES
KW - COLOR MAGNITUDE RELATION
KW - STELLAR MASS DENSITIES
KW - DIGITAL SKY SURVEY
U2 - 10.1086/533439
DO - 10.1086/533439
M3 - Review article
SN - 0067-0049
VL - 176
SP - 424
EP - 437
JO - Astrophysical journal supplement series
JF - Astrophysical journal supplement series
IS - 2
ER -