Journal
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Volume 621, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201834312
Keywords
techniques: image processing; techniques: photometric; methods: observational; galaxies: evolution; galaxies:structure; galaxies: high-redshift
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Funding
- International Space Science Institute (ISSI) as part of the Exploring the Ultra-Low Surface Brightness Universe International team
- NASA [NAS5-26555]
- SUNDIAL EU Network
- European Union [721463]
- SUNDIAL ITN network
- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) [AYA2016-76219-P]
- Spanish Programa Nacional de Astronimia y Astrofisica [AYA2016-75808-R]
- European Research Council (ERC) [648179]
- NASA Office of Space Science [NNX09AF08G]
- Monbukagakusho (Japanese government) scholarship
- ERC [339659-MUSICOS]
- Spanish Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (MINECO) [AYA 2016-77237-C3-I-P]
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Context. The Hubble Ultra Deep field (HUDF) is the deepest region ever observed with the Hubble Space Telescope. With the main objective of unveiling the nature of galaxies up to z similar to 7 8, the observing and reduction strategy have focused on the properties of small and unresolved objects, rather than the outskirts of the largest objects, which are usually over-subtracted. Aims. We aim to create a new set of WFC3 IR mosaics of the HUDF using novel techniques to preserve the properties of the low surface brightness regions. Methods. We created ABYSS: a pipeline that optimises the estimate and modelling of low-level systematic effects to obtain a robust background subtraction. We have improved four key points in the reduction: 1) creation of new absolute sky flat fields, 2) extended persistence models, 3) dedicated sky background subtraction and 4) robust co-adding. Results. The new mosaics successfully recover the low surface brightness structure removed on the previous HUDF published reductions. The amount of light recovered with a mean surface brightness dimmer than (mu) over bar = 26 mag arcsec(-2) is equivalent to a m = 19 mag source when compared to the XDF and a m = 20 mag compared to the HUDF12. Conclusions. We present a set of techniques to reduce ultra-deep images (mu > 32.5 mag arcsec(-2), 3 sigma in 10 x 10 arcsec boxes), that successfully allow us to detect the low surface brightness structure of extended sources on ultra deep surveys. The developed procedures are applicable to HST, JWST, EUCLID and many other space and ground-based observatories.
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