Published September 1, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

DEEP OPTICAL PHOTOMETRY OF SIX FIELDS IN THE ANDROMEDA GALAXY

  • 1. Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD 21218 (United States)
  • 2. University of California Observatories/Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 (United States)
  • 3. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 (United States)
  • 4. Osservatorio Astronomico, I-35122 Padova (Italy)
  • 5. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 (United States)
  • 6. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 3055, Victoria, BC, V8W 3P6 (Canada)

Description

Using the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space Telescope, we have obtained deep optical images reaching well below the oldest main-sequence turnoff in six fields of the Andromeda Galaxy. The fields fall at four positions on the southeast minor axis, one position in the giant stellar stream, and one position on the northeast major axis. These data were obtained as part of three large observing programs designed to probe the star formation history of the stellar population in various structures of the galaxy. In this paper, we present the images, catalogs, and artificial star tests for these observing programs as a supplement to the analyses published previously. These high-level science products are also archived at the Multimission Archive at the Space Telescope Science Institute.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/184/1/152

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series
Journal Volume
184
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 152-157
ISSN
0067-0049
CODEN
APJSA2

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41046392
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
CAMERAS; CATALOGS; GALACTIC EVOLUTION; GALAXIES; IMAGES; PHOTOMETRY; STARS; TELESCOPES
Descriptors DEC
DOCUMENT TYPES; EVOLUTION