VIKING - VISTA Kilo-degree Infrared Galaxy survey Data Release 3
Short Name:
VIKING DR3
Date:
04 Dec 2019 13:41:21
Publisher:
WFAU, Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh
Description:
The VIKING survey is the VISTA counterpart to the VST KIDS survey. The KIDS survey will cover 1500 deg^2 in u,g,r,i divided in two stripes (NGP, centred on equator ; SGP, centred on Dec = -30). The matching VISTA survey will cover (almost) all of these stripes in Z,Y,J,H, Ks with ~ 400s exposures per band.
VIKING - VISTA Kilo-degree Infrared Galaxy survey Data Release 2
Short Name:
VIKING DR2
Date:
04 Dec 2019 13:41:10
Publisher:
WFAU, Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh
Description:
The VIKING survey is the VISTA counterpart to the VST KIDS survey. The KIDS survey will cover 1500 deg^2 in u,g,r,i divided in two stripes (NGP, centred on equator ; SGP, centred on Dec = -30). The matching VISTA survey will cover (almost) all of these stripes in Z,Y,J,H, Ks with ~ 400s exposures per band.
VIKING - VISTA Kilo-degree Infrared Galaxy survey Data Release 4
Date:
06 May 2015 16:46:18
Publisher:
WFAU, Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh
Description:
The VIKING survey is the VISTA counterpart to the VST KIDS survey. The KIDS survey will cover 1500 deg^2 in u,g,r,i divided in two stripes (NGP, centred on equator ; SGP, centred on Dec = -30). The matching VISTA survey will cover (almost) all of these stripes in Z,Y,J,H, Ks with ~ 400s exposures per band.
VIKING - VISTA Kilo-degree Infrared Galaxy survey Data Release 3
Date:
17 Dec 2013 11:21:21
Publisher:
WFAU, Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh
Description:
The VIKING survey is the VISTA counterpart to the VST KIDS survey. The KIDS survey will cover 1500 deg^2 in u,g,r,i divided in two stripes (NGP, centred on equator ; SGP, centred on Dec = -30). The matching VISTA survey will cover (almost) all of these stripes in Z,Y,J,H, Ks with ~ 400s exposures per band.
VIKING - VISTA Kilo-degree Infrared Galaxy survey Data Release 2
Date:
17 Jul 2012 14:09:16
Publisher:
WFAU, Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh
Description:
The VIKING survey is the VISTA counterpart to the VST KIDS survey. The KIDS survey will cover 1500 deg^2 in u,g,r,i divided in two stripes (NGP, centred on equator ; SGP, centred on Dec = -30). The matching VISTA survey will cover (almost) all of these stripes in Z,Y,J,H, Ks with ~ 400s exposures per band.
We analyze photometry and spectroscopy of a sample of 63 clusters at 0.3<=z<=0.9 drawn from the Las Campanas Distant Cluster Survey to empirically constrain models of cluster galaxy evolution. Our data originate from a variety of telescopes and instruments. The candidate galaxy clusters are identified using drift-scan images and techniques described briefly below for context but in full detail by Gonzalez et al. (2001, Cat. <J/ApJS/137/117>).
We investigate the influence of environment on brightest cluster galaxy (BCG) evolution using a sample of 63 clusters at 0.3<=z<=0.9 drawn primarily from the Las Campanas Distant Cluster Survey and follow-up V, I, and K' photometry. Our data originate from a variety of telescopes and instruments. The cluster sample and observations used here stem from deep optical and infrared follow-up imaging of a small subset of the full catalog that was obtained to aid in the classification of candidates and to develop photometric redshift indicators.
We combine deep K-band (W. M. Keck Telescope) with V- and I-band (New Technology Telescope) observations of two "blank" high Galactic latitude fields, surveying a total of ~2arcmin^2^. The K-band number-magnitude counts continue to rise above K~22mag, reaching surface densities of few x10^5^deg^-2^. The slope for the galaxy counts is approximately [dlog(N)/dmag].deg^-2^=0.23+/-0.02 over the range 18-23mag. While this slope is consistent with other recent deep K-band surveys, there is a definite scatter in the normalisations by about a factor of 2. In particular, our normalisation is ~2x greater than the galaxy counts reported by Djorgovski et al. in 1995 (1995ApJ...438L..13D). Optical near-infrared color-magnitude and color-color diagrams for all objects detected in the V+I+K image are plotted and discussed in the context of grids of Bruzual-Charlot isochrone synthesis galaxy evolutionary models. The colors of most of the observed galaxies are consistent with a population drawn from a broad redshift distribution. A few galaxies at K~19-20 are red in both colors (V-I>3; I-K>2, consistent with being early-type galaxies having undergone a burst of star formation at z>5 and viewed at z~1. At K>20, we find several (approximately eight) "red outlier" galaxies with I-K>4 and V-I<2.5, whose colors are difficult to mimic by a single evolving or nonevolving stellar population at any redshift unless they either have quite low metallicity or are highly reddened. We compare the data against the evolutionary tracks of second-burst ellipticals and against a grid of models that does not constrain galaxy ages to a particular formation redshift. The red outliers' surface density is several per square arcminute, which is so high that they are probably common objects of low luminosity L<L*. Whether these are low-metallicity, dusty dwarf galaxies, or old galaxies at high redshift, they are curious and merit spectroscopic follow-up.
This table lists VIKs photometry for compact objects in the giant Virgo elliptical NGC 4365. The majority of these objects are globular clusters. V and I magnitudes are measured on images taken with the FORS1 instrument on the ESO Very Large Telescope, while the K magnitudes are from the SOFI imager on the ESO New Technology Telescope. No correction for foreground extinction has been applied to the photometry in the table.
The orbit and physical parameters of the previously unsolved double-lined eclipsing binary Tyc 5227-1023-1, discovered during the search for RR Lyr variable candidate members of the Aquarius stream, are derived using high-resolution echelle spectroscopy and V,i' photometry. A synthetic spectral analysis of both components has been performed, yielding metallicity [M/H]=-0.63+/-0.11 for both stars and a temperature for the secondary that is in close agreement with the one from the orbital solution, while the temperature of the primary is determined from photometry (T_1_=6350K). The masses and radii (M_1_=0.96+/-0.02, M_2_=0.84+/-0.01M_{sun}_, R_1_=1.39+/-0.01, R_2_=0.98+/-0.01R_{sun}_) reveal that both stars have already slightly evolved away from the main-sequence band, having an age of about 7Gyr, and the results of the synthetic spectral analysis support the claim of corotation with the orbital motion. The radial velocity of the system is -60+/-2km/s, while its distance, computed from orbital parameters and the derived reddening E_B-V_=0.053, is 496+/-35pc. Even though Tyc 5227-1023-1 was initially treated as a possible member of the Aquarius stream, the results presented here disagree with reported values for this ancient structure and suggest a likely membership of the thick disk.
