S‐COSMOS: The  Spitzer  Legacy Survey of the  Hubble Space Telescope  ACS 2 deg  2  COSMOS Field I: Survey Strategy and First Analysis

Sanders, D. B.; Salvato, M.; Aussel, H.; Ilbert, O.; Scoville, N.; Surace, J.; Frayer, D. T.; Sheth, K.; Hélou, G.; Brooke, T. Y.; Bhattacharya, B.; Yan, Lin; Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S.; Barnes, Joshua E.; Blain, A. W.; Calzetti, Daniela; Capak, P.; Carilli, C. L.; Carollo, C. M.; Comastri, A.; Daddi, E.; Ellis, Richard S.; Elvis, M.; Fall, S. Michael; Franceschini, A.; Giavalisco, Mauro; Hasinger, G.; Impey, C. D.; Koekemoer, Anton M.; Fèvre, O. Le; Lilly, S. J.; Liu, Michael C.; McCracken, H. J.; Mobasher, Bahram; Renzini, A.; Rich, R. Michael; Schinnerer, Eva; Shopbell, P. L.; Taniguchi, Yoshiaki; Thompson, D. J.; Urry, C. M.; Williams, Jonathan P.

doi:10.1086/517885

articleThe Astrophysical Journal Supplement SeriesAug 31, 2007BRONZE OA

S‐COSMOS: The Spitzer Legacy Survey of the Hubble Space Telescope ACS 2 deg 2 COSMOS Field I: Survey Strategy and First Analysis

DBD. B. Sanders MSM. SalvatoHAH. AusselOIO. Ilbert NSN. Scoville

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Abstract

The COSMOS Spitzer survey (S-COSMOS) is a Legacy program (Cycles 2+3) designed to carry out a uniform deep survey of the full 2 deg^2 COSMOS field in all seven Spitzer bands (3.6, 4.5, 5.6, 8.0, 24.0, 70.0, and 160.0 μm). This paper describes the survey parameters, mapping strategy, data reduction procedures, achieved sensitivities to date, and the complete data set for future reference. We show that the observed infrared backgrounds in the S-COSMOS field are within 10% of the predicted background levels. The fluctuations in the background at 24 μm have been measured and do not show any significant contribution from cirrus, as expected. In addition, we report on the number of asteroid detections in the low…

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DB
D. B. SandersCorresponding
University of Hawaii System
MS
M. Salvato
California Institute of Technology
HA
H. Aussel
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, University of Hawaii System, Université Paris Cité, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Astrophysique, Instrumentation et Modélisation
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O. Ilbert
University of Hawaii System
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N. Scoville
California Institute of Technology, University of Hawaii System

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Physics
Cosmos (plant)
Spitzer Space Telescope
Astrophysics
Hubble space telescope
Galaxy
Astronomy
Field (mathematics)

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