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Fadda, D.; Lari, C.; Rodighiero, G.; Franceschini, A.; Elbaz, D.; Cesarsky, C.; Perez-Fournon, I.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.427, p.23-34 (2004)
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We present the image and catalogue of the 14.3 μ shallow survey of
0.55 square degrees in the region of the Lockman Hole (10^h52^m03^s
+57°21'46'', J2000) with the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO). The
data have been analyzed with the recent algorithm by Lari et al.
(cite{Lari01}, MNRAS, 325, 1173) conceived to exploit ISO data in an
optimal way, especially in the case of shallow surveys with low
redundancy. Photometry has been accurately evaluated through extensive
simulations and also the absolute calibration has been checked using a
set of 21 stars detected at 14.3 μm, optical, and near-IR bands. On
the basis of simulations, we evaluate that the survey is 80%, 50%, and
20% complete at 0.8, 0.6, and 0.45 mJy, respectively. Below the 20%
completeness limit, fluxes are generally overestimated since the sources
are preferentially detected if their positions correspond to positive
oscillations of the noise. Moreover, from a comparison with the deep
survey, we estimate that only sources brighter than 0.45 mJy are highly
reliable. Only 5% of these sources do not have optical counterparts down
to r' = 25. Since none of the Spitzer imaging bands cover the 14.3 μm
wavelength range, this data set will remain unique until the advent of
the James Webb Space Telescope.
Based on observations with ISO and Isaac Newton Telescope (INT). ISO is
an European Space Agency (ESA) project with instruments funded by ESA
Member States (especially the P.I. countries: France, Germany, The
Netherlands and UK) with the participation of the Institute of Space and
Astronautical Science (ISAS) and the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA). INT is operated on the island of La Palma by the
Isaac Newton Group in the Spanish Observatorio del Roque de los
Muchachos of the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias.
Table
ef{tab:obsparam}, Figs.
ef{fig:coverage} and
ef{fig:LH_map}
are only available in electronic form at http://www.edpsciences.org
Tables 3 and 4 and FITS images are only available in electronic form at
the CDS via anonymous ftp to cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr (130.79.128.5) or via
http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/qcat?J/A+A/427/23