New 6 and 3-cm Radio-Continuum Maps of the Small Magellanic Cloud. Part I - The Maps

We present new 6 and 3-cm radio-continuum maps of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), created with the "peeling" technique and a joint deconvolution. The maps have resolutions of 30 arcsec and 20 arcsec and r.m.s., noise of 0.7 and 0.8~mJy/beam at 6 and 3~cm, respectively. These maps will be used for future studies of the SMC's radio source population and overall extended structure.