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

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        Drew, J.E.
        González-Solares, Eduardo A.
        Greimel, Robert
        Irwin, M.J.
        Küpcü Yoldaş, A.
        Lewis, J.R.
        Barentsen, Geert
        Eislöffel, Jochen
        Farnhill, Hywel J.
        Martin, Bill
        Walton, Nicholas A.
        Mohr-Smith, M.
        Raddi, Roberto
        Sale, Stuart E.
        Wright, Nicholas J.
        Groot, Paul J.
        Barlow, Michael J.
        Corradi, R.L.M.
        Drake, Jeremy J.
        Fabregat, Juan
        Frew, David J.
        Gänsicke, Boris T.
        Knigge, Christian
        Mampaso, Antonio
        Morris, R.A.H.
        Naylor, Tim J.
        Parker, Quentin A.
        Phillipps, Steven
        Ruhland, Christine
        Steeghs, Danny T H
        Unruh, Y.C.
        Vink, Jorick S.
        Wesson, Roger
        Zijlstra, Albert
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        2299/13589
        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.
        Publication date
        2014-05-21
        Published in
        Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
        Published version
        https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu394
        Other links
        http://hdl.handle.net/2299/13589
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