ACS grism spectra in the HDF-North
Abstract
We present slitless spectra of sources in the Hubble Deep Field North obtained with the Advanced Camera for Surveys. The Wide Field Camera was used to obtain dithered observations with a total exposure of 6700s (3 orbits) with the G800L grism. We concentrate on objects with published redshifts obtained spectroscopically and photometrically. In addition, we use a semi-automated technique to identify sources with emission line spectra, and those with broad stellar features. Sources with emission lines having a peak S/N > 4, have a median mF775W = 24.6 ABmag. This is 1.5 mag fainter than the median mF775W of objects in the Cohen et al. (2000, ApJ, 538, 29) spectroscopic redshift survey, illustrating that the G800L is a potentially useful tool for obtaining spectroscopic data of faint compact sources. ACS was developed under NASA contract NAS 5-32865, and this research is supported by NASA grant NAG5-7697. We are grateful for an equipment grant from the Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- Publication:
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American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2002
- Bibcode:
- 2002AAS...201.4206M