The NTT Susi Deep Field

Details The NTT Susi Deep Field The NTT Susi Deep Field

1998-10-08

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9810135v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

13 pages, 9 figures, 3 tables (uses aa.cls). Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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We present a deep BVrI multicolor catalog of galaxies in a 5.62 sq.arcmin field 80 arcsec south of the high redshift (z=4.7) quasar BR 1202-0725, derived from observations with the direct CCD camera SUSI at the ESO NTT. The formal 5$\sigma$ magnitude limits (in 2 x FWHM apertures) are 26.9, 26.5, 25.9 and 25.3 in B, V, r and I respectively. Counts, colors for the star and galaxy samples are discussed and a comparison with a deep HST image in the I band is presented. The percentage of merged or blended galaxies in the SUSI data to this magnitude limit is estimated to be not higher than 1%. At the same galactic latitude of the HDF but pointing toward the galactic center, the star density in this field is found to be ~3 times higher, with ~20% of the objects with V-I > 3.0. Reliable colors have been measured for galaxies selected down to r = 26. The choice of the optical filters has been optimized to define a robust multicolor selection of galaxies at 3.8 <= z <= 4.4. Within this interval the surface density of galaxy candidates with r < 26 in this field is 2.7 +/- 0.4 arcmin^-2 corresponding to a comoving density of Star Formation Rate at 3.8 <= z <= 4.4 of 10^{-2.00} - 10^{-1.82} h^3 Mo /yr/ Mpc^3.

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