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The VST photometric H survey of the Southern Galactic Plane and Bulge (VPHAS+)

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Drew, J. E., Gonzalez-Solares, E., Greimel, R., Irwin, M. J., Kupcu Yoldas, A., Lewis, J., Barentsen, G., Eisloffel, J., Farnhill, H. J., Martin, W. E. et al.
(2014) The VST photometric H survey of the Southern Galactic Plane and Bulge (VPHAS+). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 440 (Number 3). pp. 2036-3058. doi:10.1093/mnras/stu394

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Abstract

The VST Photometric Hα Survey of the Southern Galactic Plane and Bulge (VPHAS+) is surveying the southern Milky Way in u, g, r, i and Hα at ∼1 arcsec angular resolution. Its footprint spans the Galactic latitude range −5o < b < +5° at all longitudes south of the celestial equator. Extensions around the Galactic Centre to Galactic latitudes ±10° bring in much of the Galactic bulge. This European Southern Observatory public survey, begun on 2011 December 28, reaches down to ∼20th magnitude (10σ) and will provide single-epoch digital optical photometry for ∼300 million stars. The observing strategy and data pipelining are described, and an appraisal of the segmented narrow-band Hα filter in use is presented. Using model atmospheres and library spectra, we compute main-sequence (u − g), (g − r), (r − i) and (r − Hα) stellar colours in the Vega system. We report on a preliminary validation of the photometry using test data obtained from two pointings overlapping the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. An example of the (u − g, g − r) and (r − Hα, r − i) diagrams for a full VPHAS+ survey field is given. Attention is drawn to the opportunities for studies of compact nebulae and nebular morphologies that arise from the image quality being achieved. The value of the u band as the means to identify planetary-nebula central stars is demonstrated by the discovery of the central star of NGC 2899 in survey data. Thanks to its excellent imaging performance, the VLT Survey Telescope (VST)/OmegaCam combination used by this survey is a perfect vehicle for automated searches for reddened early-type stars, and will allow the discovery and analysis of compact binaries, white dwarfs and transient sources.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QB Astronomy
Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Physics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Stars -- Surveys, Planetary nebulae -- Surveys, Galactic bulges -- Surveys
Journal or Publication Title: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISSN: 0035-8711
Official Date: 2014
Dates:
DateEvent
2014Published
April 2014Available
26 February 2014Accepted
26 February 2014Submitted
Date of first compliant deposit: 27 December 2015
Volume: Volume 440
Number: Number 3
Page Range: pp. 2036-3058
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stu394
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
Funder: Robert Martin Ayers Sciences, Science and Technology Facilities Council (Great Britain) (STFC), European Research Council (ERC), Spain. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN), Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), Seventh Framework Programme (European Commission) (FP7)
Grant number: ST/J001335/1 (STFC), 320964 (ERC)

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