Deep blank field catalogue Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Jimenez-Esteban F.M.
  2. Cabrera-Lavers A.
  3. Cardiel N.
  4. Alacid J.M.
  5. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

The observation of blank fields, defined as regions of the sky that are devoid of stars down to a given threshold magnitude, constitutes one of the most relevant calibration procedures required for the proper reduction of astronomical data obtained following typical observing strategies. In this work, we have used the Delaunay triangulation to search for deep blank fields throughout the whole sky, with a minimum size of 10-arcmin in diameter and an increasing threshold magnitude from 15 to 18 in the R band of the USNO-B Catalog of the United States Naval Observatory. The result is a catalogue with the deepest blank fields known so far. A short sample of these regions has been tested with the 10.4m Gran Telescopio Canarias, and it has been shown to be extremely useful for medium and large size telescopes. Because some of the regions found could also be suitable for new extragalactic studies, we have estimated the galactic extinction in the direction of each deep blank field. This catalogue is accessible through the Virtual Observatory tool TESELA, and the user can retrieve - and visualise using Aladin - the deep blank fields available near a given position in the sky.

Keywords
  1. catalogs
  2. visible-astronomy
  3. photometry
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2012MNRAS.427..679J
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/MNRAS/427/679
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/427/679
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.74270679

Access

Web browser access HTML
https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/427/679
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/427/679
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/427/679
IVOA Table Access TAP
https://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tap
Run SQL-like queries with TAP-enabled clients (e.g., TOPCAT).
IVOA Cone Search SCS
For use with a cone search client (e.g., TOPCAT).
https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/427/679/blank_fld?
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/427/679/blank_fld?
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/427/679/blank_fld?
IVOA Cone Search SCS
For use with a cone search client (e.g., TOPCAT).
https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/427/679/table5?
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/427/679/table5?
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/427/679/table5?

History

2012-11-06T01:54:51Z
Resource record created
2012-11-06T01:54:51Z
Created
2024-07-19T20:17:18Z
Updated

Contact

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