CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey—The Hubble Space Telescope Observations, Imaging Data Products, and Mosaics

Anton M. Koekemoer; S. M. Faber; Henry C. Ferguson; Norman A. Grogin; Dale D. Kocevski; David C. Koo; Kamson Lai; Jennifer M. Lotz; Ray A. Lucas; Elizabeth J. McGrath; Sara Ogaz; Abhijith Rajan; Adam G. Riess; Steve A. Rodney; Louis Strolger; Stefano Casertano; Marco Castellano; Tomas Dahlen; Mark Dickinson; Timothy Dolch; Adriano Fontana; Mauro Giavalisco; Andrea Grazian; Yicheng Guo; Nimish P. Hathi; Kuang-Han Huang; Arjen van der Wel; Hao-Jing Yan; Viviana Acquaviva; David M. Alexander; Omar Almaini; Matthew L. N. Ashby; Marco Barden; Eric F. Bell; Frederic Bournaud; Thomas M. Brown; Karina I. Caputi; Paolo Cassata; Peter J. Challis; Ranga-Ram Chary; Edmond Cheung; Michele Cirasuolo; Christopher J. Conselice; Asantha Roshan Cooray; Darren J. Croton; Emanuele Daddi; Romeel Dave; Duilia F. de Mello; Loic de Ravel; Avishai Dekel; Jennifer L. Donley; James S. Dunlop; Aaron A. Dutton; David Elbaz; Giovanni G. Fazio; Alexei V. Filippenko; Steven L. Finkelstein; Chris Frazer; Jonathan P. Gardner; Peter M. Garnavich; Eric Gawiser; Ruth Gruetzbauch; Will G. Hartley; Boris Haeussler; Jessica Herrington; Philip F. Hopkins; Jia-Sheng Huang; Saurabh W. Jha; Andrew Johnson; Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe; Ali A. Khostovan; Robert P. Kirshner; Caterina Lani; Kyoung-Soo Lee; Weidong Li; Piero Madau; Patrick J. McCarthy; Daniel H. McIntosh; Ross J. McLure; Conor McPartland; Bahram Mobasher; Heidi Moreira; Alice Mortlock; Leonidas A. Moustakas; Mark Mozena; Kirpal Nandra; Jeffrey A. Newman; Jennifer L. Nielsen; Sami Niemi; Kai G. Noeske; Casey J. Papovich; Laura Pentericci; Alexandra Pope; Joel R. Primack; Swara Ravindranath; Naveen A. Reddy; Alvio Renzini; Hans-Walter Rix; Aday R. Robaina; David J. Rosario; Piero Rosati; Sara Salimbeni; Claudia Scarlata; Brian Siana; Luc Simard; Joseph Smidt; Diana Snyder; Rachel S. Somerville; Hyron Spinrad; Amber N. Straughn; Olivia Telford; Harry I. Teplitz; Jonathan R. Trump; Carlos Vargas; Carolin Villforth; Cory R. Wagner; Pat Wandro; Risa H. Wechsler; Benjamin J. Weiner; Tommy Wiklind; Vivienne Wild; Grant Wilson; Stijn Wuyts; Min S. Yun

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CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey—The Hubble Space Telescope Observations, Imaging Data Products, and Mosaics

Anton M. Koekemoer^*, S. M. Faber, Henry C. Ferguson, Norman A. Grogin, Dale D. Kocevski, David C. Koo, Kamson Lai, Jennifer M. Lotz, Ray A. Lucas, Elizabeth J. McGrath, Sara Ogaz, Abhijith Rajan, Adam G. Riess, Steve A. Rodney, Louis Strolger, Stefano Casertano, Marco Castellano, Tomas Dahlen, Mark Dickinson, Timothy DolchAdriano Fontana, Mauro Giavalisco, Andrea Grazian, Yicheng Guo, Nimish P. Hathi, Kuang-Han Huang, Arjen van der Wel, Hao-Jing Yan, Viviana Acquaviva, David M. Alexander, Omar Almaini, Matthew L. N. Ashby, Marco Barden, Eric F. Bell, Frederic Bournaud, Thomas M. Brown, Karina I. Caputi, Paolo Cassata, Peter J. Challis, Ranga-Ram Chary, Edmond Cheung, Michele Cirasuolo, Christopher J. Conselice, Asantha Roshan Cooray, Darren J. Croton, Emanuele Daddi, Romeel Dave, Duilia F. de Mello, Loic de Ravel, Avishai Dekel, Jennifer L. Donley, James S. Dunlop, Aaron A. Dutton, David Elbaz, Giovanni G. Fazio, Alexei V. Filippenko, Steven L. Finkelstein, Chris Frazer, Jonathan P. Gardner, Peter M. Garnavich, Eric Gawiser, Ruth Gruetzbauch, Will G. Hartley, Boris Haeussler, Jessica Herrington, Philip F. Hopkins, Jia-Sheng Huang, Saurabh W. Jha, Andrew Johnson, Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe, Ali A. Khostovan, Robert P. Kirshner, Caterina Lani, Kyoung-Soo Lee, Weidong Li, Piero Madau, Patrick J. McCarthy, Daniel H. McIntosh, Ross J. McLure, Conor McPartland, Bahram Mobasher, Heidi Moreira, Alice Mortlock, Leonidas A. Moustakas, Mark Mozena, Kirpal Nandra, Jeffrey A. Newman, Jennifer L. Nielsen, Sami Niemi, Kai G. Noeske, Casey J. Papovich, Laura Pentericci, Alexandra Pope, Joel R. Primack, Swara Ravindranath, Naveen A. Reddy, Alvio Renzini, Hans-Walter Rix, Aday R. Robaina, David J. Rosario, Piero Rosati, Sara Salimbeni, Claudia Scarlata, Brian Siana, Luc Simard, Joseph Smidt, Diana Snyder, Rachel S. Somerville, Hyron Spinrad, Amber N. Straughn, Olivia Telford, Harry I. Teplitz, Jonathan R. Trump, Carlos Vargas, Carolin Villforth, Cory R. Wagner, Pat Wandro, Risa H. Wechsler, Benjamin J. Weiner, Tommy Wiklind, Vivienne Wild, Grant Wilson, Stijn Wuyts, Min S. Yun

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This paper describes the Hubble Space Telescope imaging data products and data reduction procedures for the Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS). This survey is designed to document the evolution of galaxies and black holes at z ≈ 1.5-8, and to study Type Ia supernovae at z > 1.5. Five premier multi-wavelength sky regions are selected, each with extensive multi-wavelength observations. The primary CANDELS data consist of imaging obtained in the Wide Field Camera 3 infrared channel (WFC3/IR) and the WFC3 ultraviolet/optical channel, along with the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). The CANDELS/Deep survey covers ~125 arcmin2 within GOODS-N and GOODS-S, while the remainder consists of the CANDELS/Wide survey, achieving a total of ~800 arcmin2 across GOODS and three additional fields (Extended Groth Strip, COSMOS, and Ultra-Deep Survey). We summarize the observational aspects of the survey as motivated by the scientific goals and present a detailed description of the data reduction procedures and products from the survey. Our data reduction methods utilize the most up-to-date calibration files and image combination procedures. We have paid special attention to correcting a range of instrumental effects, including charge transfer efficiency degradation for ACS, removal of electronic bias-striping present in ACS data after Servicing Mission 4, and persistence effects and other artifacts in WFC3/IR. For each field, we release mosaics for individual epochs and eventual mosaics containing data from all epochs combined, to facilitate photometric variability studies and the deepest possible photometry. A more detailed overview of the science goals and observational design of the survey are presented in a companion paper.

Original language	English
Article number	36
Journal	Astrophysical Journal Supplement
Volume	197
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/197/2/36
Publication status	Published - Dec 2011

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cosmology: observations
galaxies: high-redshift
STAR-FORMING GALAXIES
INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROSCOPY
PROBE WMAP OBSERVATIONS
UV LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS
EXTENDED GROTH STRIP
EARLY DATA RELEASE
HIGH-REDSHIFT
MASSIVE GALAXIES
IA SUPERNOVAE
SKY SURVEY

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Koekemoer, A. M., Faber, S. M., Ferguson, H. C., Grogin, N. A., Kocevski, D. D., Koo, D. C., Lai, K., Lotz, J. M., Lucas, R. A., McGrath, E. J., Ogaz, S., Rajan, A., Riess, A. G., Rodney, S. A., Strolger, L., Casertano, S., Castellano, M., Dahlen, T., Dickinson, M., ... Yun, M. S. (2011). CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey—The Hubble Space Telescope Observations, Imaging Data Products, and Mosaics. Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 197(2), Article 36. https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/197/2/36

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Koekemoer, AM, Faber, SM, Ferguson, HC, Grogin, NA, Kocevski, DD, Koo, DC, Lai, K, Lotz, JM, Lucas, RA, McGrath, EJ, Ogaz, S, Rajan, A, Riess, AG, Rodney, SA, Strolger, L, Casertano, S, Castellano, M, Dahlen, T, Dickinson, M, Dolch, T, Fontana, A, Giavalisco, M, Grazian, A, Guo, Y, Hathi, NP, Huang, K-H, van der Wel, A, Yan, H-J, Acquaviva, V, Alexander, DM, Almaini, O, Ashby, MLN, Barden, M, Bell, EF, Bournaud, F, Brown, TM, Caputi, KI, Cassata, P, Challis, PJ, Chary, R-R, Cheung, E, Cirasuolo, M, Conselice, CJ, Cooray, AR, Croton, DJ, Daddi, E, Dave, R, de Mello, DF, de Ravel, L, Dekel, A, Donley, JL, Dunlop, JS, Dutton, AA, Elbaz, D, Fazio, GG, Filippenko, AV, Finkelstein, SL, Frazer, C, Gardner, JP, Garnavich, PM, Gawiser, E, Gruetzbauch, R, Hartley, WG, Haeussler, B, Herrington, J, Hopkins, PF, Huang, J-S, Jha, SW, Johnson, A, Kartaltepe, JS, Khostovan, AA, Kirshner, RP, Lani, C, Lee, K-S, Li, W, Madau, P, McCarthy, PJ, McIntosh, DH, McLure, RJ, McPartland, C, Mobasher, B, Moreira, H, Mortlock, A, Moustakas, LA, Mozena, M, Nandra, K, Newman, JA, Nielsen, JL, Niemi, S, Noeske, KG, Papovich, CJ, Pentericci, L, Pope, A, Primack, JR, Ravindranath, S, Reddy, NA, Renzini, A, Rix, H-W, Robaina, AR, Rosario, DJ, Rosati, P, Salimbeni, S, Scarlata, C, Siana, B, Simard, L, Smidt, J, Snyder, D, Somerville, RS, Spinrad, H, Straughn, AN, Telford, O, Teplitz, HI, Trump, JR, Vargas, C, Villforth, C, Wagner, CR, Wandro, P, Wechsler, RH, Weiner, BJ, Wiklind, T, Wild, V, Wilson, G, Wuyts, S & Yun, MS 2011, 'CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey—The Hubble Space Telescope Observations, Imaging Data Products, and Mosaics', Astrophysical Journal Supplement, vol. 197, no. 2, 36. https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/197/2/36

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T1 - CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey—The Hubble Space Telescope Observations, Imaging Data Products, and Mosaics

AU - Koekemoer, Anton M.

AU - Faber, S. M.

AU - Ferguson, Henry C.

AU - Grogin, Norman A.

AU - Kocevski, Dale D.

AU - Koo, David C.

AU - Lai, Kamson

AU - Lotz, Jennifer M.

AU - Lucas, Ray A.

AU - McGrath, Elizabeth J.

AU - Ogaz, Sara

AU - Rajan, Abhijith

AU - Riess, Adam G.

AU - Rodney, Steve A.

AU - Strolger, Louis

AU - Casertano, Stefano

AU - Castellano, Marco

AU - Dahlen, Tomas

AU - Dickinson, Mark

AU - Dolch, Timothy

AU - Fontana, Adriano

AU - Giavalisco, Mauro

AU - Grazian, Andrea

AU - Guo, Yicheng

AU - Hathi, Nimish P.

AU - Huang, Kuang-Han

AU - van der Wel, Arjen

AU - Yan, Hao-Jing

AU - Acquaviva, Viviana

AU - Alexander, David M.

AU - Almaini, Omar

AU - Ashby, Matthew L. N.

AU - Barden, Marco

AU - Bell, Eric F.

AU - Bournaud, Frederic

AU - Brown, Thomas M.

AU - Caputi, Karina I.

AU - Cassata, Paolo

AU - Challis, Peter J.

AU - Chary, Ranga-Ram

AU - Cheung, Edmond

AU - Cirasuolo, Michele

AU - Conselice, Christopher J.

AU - Cooray, Asantha Roshan

AU - Croton, Darren J.

AU - Daddi, Emanuele

AU - Dave, Romeel

AU - de Mello, Duilia F.

AU - de Ravel, Loic

AU - Dekel, Avishai

AU - Donley, Jennifer L.

AU - Dunlop, James S.

AU - Dutton, Aaron A.

AU - Elbaz, David

AU - Fazio, Giovanni G.

AU - Filippenko, Alexei V.

AU - Finkelstein, Steven L.

AU - Frazer, Chris

AU - Gardner, Jonathan P.

AU - Garnavich, Peter M.

AU - Gawiser, Eric

AU - Gruetzbauch, Ruth

AU - Hartley, Will G.

AU - Haeussler, Boris

AU - Herrington, Jessica

AU - Hopkins, Philip F.

AU - Huang, Jia-Sheng

AU - Jha, Saurabh W.

AU - Johnson, Andrew

AU - Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S.

AU - Khostovan, Ali A.

AU - Kirshner, Robert P.

AU - Lani, Caterina

AU - Lee, Kyoung-Soo

AU - Li, Weidong

AU - Madau, Piero

AU - McCarthy, Patrick J.

AU - McIntosh, Daniel H.

AU - McLure, Ross J.

AU - McPartland, Conor

AU - Mobasher, Bahram

AU - Moreira, Heidi

AU - Mortlock, Alice

AU - Moustakas, Leonidas A.

AU - Mozena, Mark

AU - Nandra, Kirpal

AU - Newman, Jeffrey A.

AU - Nielsen, Jennifer L.

AU - Niemi, Sami

AU - Noeske, Kai G.

AU - Papovich, Casey J.

AU - Pentericci, Laura

AU - Pope, Alexandra

AU - Primack, Joel R.

AU - Ravindranath, Swara

AU - Reddy, Naveen A.

AU - Renzini, Alvio

AU - Rix, Hans-Walter

AU - Robaina, Aday R.

AU - Rosario, David J.

AU - Rosati, Piero

AU - Salimbeni, Sara

AU - Scarlata, Claudia

AU - Siana, Brian

AU - Simard, Luc

AU - Smidt, Joseph

AU - Snyder, Diana

AU - Somerville, Rachel S.

AU - Spinrad, Hyron

AU - Straughn, Amber N.

AU - Telford, Olivia

AU - Teplitz, Harry I.

AU - Trump, Jonathan R.

AU - Vargas, Carlos

AU - Villforth, Carolin

AU - Wagner, Cory R.

AU - Wandro, Pat

AU - Wechsler, Risa H.

AU - Weiner, Benjamin J.

AU - Wiklind, Tommy

AU - Wild, Vivienne

AU - Wilson, Grant

AU - Wuyts, Stijn

AU - Yun, Min S.

PY - 2011/12

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AB - This paper describes the Hubble Space Telescope imaging data products and data reduction procedures for the Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS). This survey is designed to document the evolution of galaxies and black holes at z ≈ 1.5-8, and to study Type Ia supernovae at z > 1.5. Five premier multi-wavelength sky regions are selected, each with extensive multi-wavelength observations. The primary CANDELS data consist of imaging obtained in the Wide Field Camera 3 infrared channel (WFC3/IR) and the WFC3 ultraviolet/optical channel, along with the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). The CANDELS/Deep survey covers ~125 arcmin2 within GOODS-N and GOODS-S, while the remainder consists of the CANDELS/Wide survey, achieving a total of ~800 arcmin2 across GOODS and three additional fields (Extended Groth Strip, COSMOS, and Ultra-Deep Survey). We summarize the observational aspects of the survey as motivated by the scientific goals and present a detailed description of the data reduction procedures and products from the survey. Our data reduction methods utilize the most up-to-date calibration files and image combination procedures. We have paid special attention to correcting a range of instrumental effects, including charge transfer efficiency degradation for ACS, removal of electronic bias-striping present in ACS data after Servicing Mission 4, and persistence effects and other artifacts in WFC3/IR. For each field, we release mosaics for individual epochs and eventual mosaics containing data from all epochs combined, to facilitate photometric variability studies and the deepest possible photometry. A more detailed overview of the science goals and observational design of the survey are presented in a companion paper.

KW - cosmology: observations

KW - galaxies: high-redshift

KW - STAR-FORMING GALAXIES

KW - INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROSCOPY

KW - PROBE WMAP OBSERVATIONS

KW - UV LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS

KW - EXTENDED GROTH STRIP

KW - EARLY DATA RELEASE

KW - HIGH-REDSHIFT

KW - MASSIVE GALAXIES

KW - IA SUPERNOVAE

KW - SKY SURVEY

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