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Near-UV Sources in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field: The Catalog

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 Added by Elysse Voyer
 Publication date 2009
  fields Physics
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The catalog from the first high resolution U-band image of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, taken with Hubbles Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 through the F300W filter, is presented. We detect 96 U-band objects and compare and combine this catalog with a Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS) B-selected catalog that provides B, V, i, and z photometry, spectral types, and photometric redshifts. We have also obtained Far-Ultraviolet (FUV, 1614 AA) data with Hubbles Advanced Camera for Surveys Solar Blind Channel (ACS/SBC) and with Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX). We detected 31 sources with ACS/SBC, 28 with GALEX/FUV, and 45 with GALEX/NUV. The methods of observations, image processing, object identification, catalog preparation, and catalog matching are presented.



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