ScienceGrade Summary

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Product Identification
Real User Lisbeth Fogh Olsen
Product Creation Date 2005-08-29
Product Creation Time 16:23:12.049
User eisdata
Session 75297
Process Local
Product Type SINGLE PASSBAND
Extraction Method SExtractor
Extraction Version SExtractor 2.3.2
Survey DPS
Telescope ESO-NTT
Instrument SOFI
Region DEEP3b
Field deep3b_31
Passband K
ESO Filter# #003
Total Exposure Time (seconds) 720
Product Information
Instrument SOFI
Passband K
ESO Filter# #003
Magntude Type used for Reporting MAG_AUTO
Right Ascension (hh:mm:ss.s) 11:23:14.0
Declinaton (dd:mm:ss.s) -21:52:34.5
Right Ascension (decimal degrees) 170.8085
Declinaton (decimal degrees) -21.8762
Galactic longitude (degrees) 277.2286
Galactic latitude (degrees) 36.5544
Total Exposure Time (seconds) 720
Image File Name EIS.2005-07-30T17:03:42.463.fits
Catalog File Name EIS.2005-08-29T17:38:29.893.fits
Primary Catalog Information
Product Type SINGLE PASSBAND
Total Area (square degrees) 0.0076
Trimmed Area (square degrees) 0.0003
Masked Area (square degrees) 0.0
Number of Extracted Objects 2059
Number of Saturated Objects 0
Number of Objects with SExtractor Flag > 0 310
Number of Objects inside trimmed area 90
Number of Objects inside masked area 0
80% Completeness Limit (Vega) 19.83
50% Completeness Limit (Vega) 20.40
Average Magnitude for Objects with MAG_AUTO error = 0.2 (Vega) 19.54
Science Catalog Information
Magnitude Type used for Filtering MAG_AUTO
Signal-to-Noise limit 3.0
Classification Magnitude Limit 17
ClassStar Limit for selecting stars 0.9
Limiting Magnitude for Masking 0
Mask Size Factor (Half Diagonal=factor*A_WORLD) 20
Maximum Half Diagonal for Masks (arcsecs) 126
Total Area (square degrees) 0.0076
Trimmed Area (square degrees) 0.0003
Masked Area (square degrees) 0.0
Effective Area (square degrees) 0.0073
Number of Extracted Objects 508
Number of Galaxies 386
Number of Stars 4
Number of Saturated Objects 0
Number of Objects with SExtractor Flag > 0 115
Number of Objects in trimmed area 24
Number of Objects in masked area 0
80% Completeness Limit (Vega) 18.74
50% Completeness Limit (Vega) 19.45
Average Magnitude for Objects with MAG_AUTO error = 0.2 (Vega) 19.54
Catalog Contents
Number of Columns in OBJECTS table 69
Number of Objects 508
Number of Columns in FIELDS table 110
Number of Entries in FIELDS table 1
Number of Columns in MASKS table 1
Number of Masks 0
Number of Automatic Masks 0
Number of Masks generated by hand 0
Number of Columns in FILTER table 4
Number of Entries in FILTER table 1098
Instrument Properties
Instrument SOFI
Pixel Scale (arcsec) 0.29
Field-of-View (square arcmin) 0.0067
Gain (electrons/ADU) -
Non-linearity (ADU) N/A
Saturation (ADU) 10000.0
Effective Gain (electrons/) 3603.8
Effective Non-linearity (ADU) N/A
Effective Saturation (ADU) 0.0
Filter Properties
Passband Ks
ESO Filter # #003
Mean Wavelength (Angstrom) 21640.2
FWHM (Angstrom) 2749.0
AB correction 1.841
AB correction applied to magnitudes in the catalog 1.841
Average E(B-V) 0.040
Standard Deviation of E(B-V) 0.00075
Relative Extinction ( A/E(B-V) ) 0.362
Computed Extinction Correction 0.015
Computed Standard Deviation of Extinction Correction 0.00027
Extinction Correction applied to magnitudes in the catalog 0.016
Telescope Response and Filter Transmission Curves
Telescope response function (green) and filter transmission (red) curves
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Primary Attributes

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Product Identification
Real User Lisbeth Fogh Olsen
Product Creation Date 2005-08-29
Product Creation Time 16:23:12.049
User eisdata
Session 75297
Process Local
Product Type SINGLE PASSBAND
Extraction Method SExtractor
Extraction Version SExtractor 2.3.2
Survey DPS
Telescope ESO-NTT
Instrument SOFI
Region DEEP3b
Field deep3b_31
Passband K
ESO Filter# #003
Total Exposure Time (seconds) 720
Product Information
RA (center of catalog) 170.8085
Dec (center of catalog) -21.8762
Maximum RA of catalog (degrees) 170.8530
Minimum RA of catalog (degrees) 170.7620
RA interval (arcmin) 0.09
Maximum Dec of catalog (degrees) -21.8321
Minimum Dec of catalog (degrees) -21.9188
Dec interval (arcmin) 0.09
Total area of catalog (square degrees) 0.0076
Object Statistics
Total Number of Objects 2059
Number of Objects inside Trimmed Area 90
Number of Objects inside Masked Area 0
Number of Objects with SExtractor Flag > 0 310
Star/Galaxy Classification
Magnitude Type for Classification MAG_AUTO
Star/Galaxy Classification Method adopted Simple Method
Magnitude Limit Applied for "Simple" Star/Galaxy Classification 17
CLASS_STAR Limit Applied for "Simple" Star/Galaxy Classification 0.9
Galaxy/Star Classification
Adopted star/galaxy separation method using stellar index. 
Limiting Magnitude (VEGA)
Aperture Magnitudes
Aperture (arcsec) (S/N = 1) (S/N = 2) (S/N = 3) (S/N = 5) (S/N = 10)
1.0 - 21.08 20.57 19.99 19.12
1.5 21.53 20.63 20.21 19.54 19.09
2.0 21.03 20.35 19.91 19.37 18.61
2.5 20.81 20.12 19.61 19.12 18.37
3.0 20.57 19.92 19.32 18.85 18.01
3.5 20.48 19.75 19.35 18.84 18.07
4.0 20.46 19.68 19.16 - 17.93
4.5 20.25 19.57 18.84 18.41 17.78
5.0 20.00 19.43 18.74 18.27 17.73
10.0 19.35 18.59 18.24 17.49 16.78
Other Magnitudes
Magnitude Type (S/N = 1) (S/N = 2) (S/N = 3) (S/N = 5) (S/N = 10)
MAG_AUTO 21.18 20.49 20.14 18.92 17.84
MAG_ISO - 21.53 20.95 19.72 18.68
MAG_ISOCOR - - 20.74 19.55 18.41
Simulation Results
Number of Simulated Images 3
Fading Factor 3.0,3.5,4.0
Limiting Magnitude at 80% completeness (Vega) 19.83
Limiting Magnitude at 50% completeness (Vega) 20.40
Catalog Completeness
Completeness of the catalog estimated from the comparison between real and simulated data.
The simulations were created by fading the original image by 0.5 magnitudes but keeping the same background noise
Estimate of Magnitude errors and bias
Average of SExtractor magnitude error
Results from using the Negative Image
Statistics of Spurious Objects
Fraction of false positives as a  function of magnitude for different values of S/N
Spatial Distribution of Spurious Objects
Spatial distribution of spurious objects estimated from false positives
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ScienceGrade Attributes

Catalog Products >> Product Log >> Science Grade Catalog >> Attributes
Product Identification
Real User Lisbeth Fogh Olsen
Product Creation Date 2005-08-29
Product Creation Time 16:23:12.049
User eisdata
Session 75297
Process Local
Product Type SINGLE PASSBAND
Extraction Method SExtractor
Extraction Version SExtractor 2.3.2
Survey DPS
Telescope ESO-NTT
Instrument SOFI
Region DEEP3b
Field deep3b_31
Passband K
ESO Filter# #003
Total Exposure Time (seconds) 720
Filtering Settings
Magnitude Type for Catalog Filtering MAG_AUTO
Signal to Noise Filtering Threshold 3.0
Magnitude Upper Limit 99.9
Magnitude Lower Limit 0.0
Star/Galaxy Classification Method adopted Simple Method
Magnitude Limit Applied for "Simple" Star/Galaxy Classification 17
CLASS_STAR Limit Applied for "Simple" Star/Galaxy Classification 0.9
Product Information
Total Area (square degrees) 0.0076
Trimmed Area (square degrees) 0.0003
Masked Area (square degrees) 0.0
Effective Area (square degrees) 0.0073
Object Statistics
Number of Objects inside Trimmed Area 24
Number of Objects inside Masked Area 0
Number of Objects with SExtractor Flag > 0) 115
Final Number of Galaxies 386
Number Density of Galaxies (galaxy/square arcmin) 14.644
Final Number of Stars 4
Number Density of Stars (stars/square arcmin) 0.152
Smooth Density Plot
Smooth object density distribution,generated by applying a top-hat window of ... arcmin in diameter
Projected Distribution
Projected Distribution of science grade catalog. In the figure are shown:
 1) galaxies (blue); stars (magenta); trimmed objects (red crosses); masked objects (black crosses); other discarded objects red squares).
Also shown are the automatic masks placed by the system around bright stars, as defined in the configuration file (red losangles) 
Limiting Magnitudes
Vega Magnitude System
5-sigma 2 arcsec (Vega) 19.54
80% completeness (Vega) 18.74
Extinction corrected 5-sigma 2 arcsec (Vega) 19.53
Extinction corrected 80% completeness (Vega) 19.82
AB Magnitude System
5-sigma 2 arcsec (AB) 21.38
80% completeness (AB) 20.58
Extinction corrected 5-sigma 2 arcsec (AB) 21.37
Extinction corrected 80% completeness (AB) 21.66
Science Grade Catalog Completeness
80% completeness at m = 18.74
50% completeness at m = 19.45
red: completeness function
blue: 50 and 80 percent completeness levels linearly interpolated between bins
Magnitude System: Vega
Magnitude Type: MAG\_AUTO
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Verification

Catalog Products >> Product Log >> Primary Catalog >> Verifcation
Product Identification
Real User Lisbeth Fogh Olsen
Product Creation Date 2005-08-29
Product Creation Time 16:23:12.049
User eisdata
Session 75297
Process Local
Product Type SINGLE PASSBAND
Extraction Method SExtractor
Extraction Version SExtractor 2.3.2
Survey DPS
Telescope ESO-NTT
Instrument SOFI
Region DEEP3b
Field deep3b_31
Passband K
ESO Filter# #003
Total Exposure Time (seconds) 720
Number Counts
Star Counts with comparison with Galactic model
              
STAR COUNTS COMPARED WITH GALACTIC MODEL
              
Solid dots: EIS data
Cyan line: Galactic model, not corrected for catalog completeness 
Blue line: Galactic model, corrected for catalog completeness
Red dotted line: magnitude limit for the star/galaxy classification
Magenta dotted line: 2 arcsec - 5 sigma limiting magnitude
Number of stars in the catalog: 4
Magnitudes are Vega in the instrument natural system (SOFI)
Model data averaged over 2 simulations.
Errors on model calculated as the standard deviation of the values in the different simulations.
Errors on the real counts are: 1+sqrt(N + 0.75)
Galaxy Counts
Solid Squares: EIS data
            
Solid Triangles, dotted line     : Vandame et al. (2001)  preprint
Open Triangles , short dash      : Martini, P. 2000 astro-ph/0008328
Crosses        , long dashed     : Metcalfe et al. MNRAS in prep.
            
blue dashed line:    
5 S/N MAG_AUTO magnitude limit=18.92
            
red line:    
Least Squares Method: fitted log(Counts)=a*Magnitude+b
a =  0.36; b = -2.60.
            
Magnitude System: Vega
Magnitude Type:   MAG_AUTO
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