Cosmos: Hubble space telescope observations

N. Scoville; R. G. Abraham; H. Aussel; J. E. Barnes; A. Benson; A. W. Blain; D. Calzetti; A. Comastri; P. Capak; C. Carilli; J. E. Carlstrom; C. M. Carollo; J. Colbert; E. Daddi; R. S. Ellis; M. Elvis; S. P. Ewald; M. Fall; A. Franceschini; M. Giavalisco; W. Green; R. E. Griffiths; L. Guzzo; G. Hasinger; C. Impey; J. P. Kneib; J. Koda; A. Koekemoer; O. Lefevre; S. Lilly; C. T. Liu; H. J. McCracken; R. Massey; Y. Mellier; S. Miyazaki; B. Mobasher; J. Mould; C. Norman; A. Refregier; A. Renzini; J. Rhodes; M. Rich; D. B. Sanders; D. Schiminovich; E. Schinnerer; M. Scodeggio; K. Sheth; P. L. Shopbell; Y. Taniguchi; N. D. Tyson; C. M. Urry; L. Van Waerbeke; P. Vettolani; S. D.M. White; L. Yan

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Cosmos: Hubble space telescope observations

N. Scoville, R. G. Abraham, H. Aussel, J. E. Barnes, A. Benson, A. W. Blain, D. Calzetti, A. Comastri, P. Capak, C. Carilli, J. E. Carlstrom, C. M. Carollo, J. Colbert, E. Daddi, R. S. Ellis, M. Elvis, S. P. Ewald, M. Fall, A. Franceschini, M. GiavaliscoW. Green, R. E. Griffiths, L. Guzzo, G. Hasinger, C. Impey, J. P. Kneib, J. Koda, A. Koekemoer, O. Lefevre, S. Lilly, C. T. Liu, H. J. McCracken, R. Massey, Y. Mellier, S. Miyazaki, B. Mobasher, J. Mould, C. Norman, A. Refregier, A. Renzini, J. Rhodes, M. Rich, D. B. Sanders, D. Schiminovich, E. Schinnerer, M. Scodeggio, K. Sheth, P. L. Shopbell, Y. Taniguchi, N. D. Tyson, C. M. Urry, L. Van Waerbeke, P. Vettolani, S. D.M. White, L. Yan

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The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS) was initiated with an extensive allocation (590 orbits in Cycles 12-13) using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) for high-resolution imaging. Here we review the characteristics of the HST imaging with the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and parallel observations with NICMOS and WFPC2. A square field (1.8 deg ²) has been imaged with single-orbit ACS I-band F814W exposures with 50% completeness for sources 0.5″ in diameter at I _AB = 26.0 mag. The ACS is a key part of the COSMOS survey, providing very high sensitivity and high-resolution (0.09″ FWHM and 0.05″ pixels) imaging and detecting a million objects. These images yield resolved morphologies for several hundred thousand galaxies. The small HST PSF also provides greatly enhanced sensitivity for weak-lensing investigations of the dark matter distribution.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	38-45
Number of pages	8
Journal	Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series
Volume	172
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/516580
State	Published - 2007

Keywords

Cosmology: observations
Dark matter
Galaxies: evolution
Galaxies: formation large-scale structure of universe
Surveys

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Space and Planetary Science

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Scoville, N., Abraham, R. G., Aussel, H., Barnes, J. E., Benson, A., Blain, A. W., Calzetti, D., Comastri, A., Capak, P., Carilli, C., Carlstrom, J. E., Carollo, C. M., Colbert, J., Daddi, E., Ellis, R. S., Elvis, M., Ewald, S. P., Fall, M., Franceschini, A., ... Yan, L. (2007). Cosmos: Hubble space telescope observations. Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, 172(1), 38-45. https://doi.org/10.1086/516580

Scoville, N, Abraham, RG, Aussel, H, Barnes, JE, Benson, A, Blain, AW, Calzetti, D, Comastri, A, Capak, P, Carilli, C, Carlstrom, JE, Carollo, CM, Colbert, J, Daddi, E, Ellis, RS, Elvis, M, Ewald, SP, Fall, M, Franceschini, A, Giavalisco, M, Green, W, Griffiths, RE, Guzzo, L, Hasinger, G, Impey, C, Kneib, JP, Koda, J, Koekemoer, A, Lefevre, O, Lilly, S, Liu, CT, McCracken, HJ, Massey, R, Mellier, Y, Miyazaki, S, Mobasher, B, Mould, J, Norman, C, Refregier, A, Renzini, A, Rhodes, J, Rich, M, Sanders, DB, Schiminovich, D, Schinnerer, E, Scodeggio, M, Sheth, K, Shopbell, PL, Taniguchi, Y, Tyson, ND, Urry, CM, Van Waerbeke, L, Vettolani, P, White, SDM & Yan, L 2007, 'Cosmos: Hubble space telescope observations', Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, vol. 172, no. 1, pp. 38-45. https://doi.org/10.1086/516580

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