ESO Imaging Survey. IV. Multicolor analysis of point-like objects toward the South Galactic Pole
Abstract
This paper presents preliminary lists of potentially interesting point-like sources extracted from multicolor data obtained for a 1.7 square degree region near the South Galactic Pole. The region has been covered by the ESO Imaging Survey (EIS) in B, V and I and offers a unique combination of area and depth. These lists, containing a total of 330 objects nearly all brighter than I ~ 21.5, over 1.27 square degrees (after removing some bad regions), are by-products of the process of verification and quality control of the object catalogs being produced. Among the color selected targets are candidate very low mass stars/brown dwarfs (54), white-dwarfs (32), and quasars (244). In addition, a probable fast moving asteroid was identified. The objects presented here are natural candidates for follow-up spectroscopic observations and illustrate the usefulness of the EIS data for a broad range of science and for providing possible samples for the first year of the VLT. Tables 2 to 8 are only available in electronic form at the CDS via anonymous ftp to cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr (130.79.128.5) or via http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/Abstract.html}
- Publication:
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Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series
- Pub Date:
- May 1999
- DOI:
- 10.1051/aas:1999476
- Bibcode:
- 1999A&AS..137...75Z
- Keywords:
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- SURVEYS;
- QUASARS: GENERAL;
- WHILE DWARFS;
- STARS: LOW-MASS