The Southern Photometric Local Universe Survey (S-PLUS): improved SEDs, morphologies and redshifts with 12 optical filters

DOI: 
10.1093/mnras/stz1985
Publication date: 
01/08/2019
Main author: 
Mendes de Oliveira, C.
IAA authors: 
Cano, Z.;Izzo, L.;Kann, D. A.;Thöne, C.;de Ugarte Postigo, A.
Authors: 
Mendes de Oliveira, C.;Ribeiro, T.;Schoenell, W.;Kanaan, A.;Overzier, R. A.;Molino, A.;Sampedro, L.;Coelho, P.;Barbosa, C. E.;Cortesi, A.;Costa-Duarte, M. V.;Herpich, F. R.;Hernandez-Jimenez, J. A.;Placco, V. M.;Xavier, H. S.;Abramo, L. R.;Saito, R. K.;Chies-Santos, A. L.;Ederoclite, A.;Lopes de Oliveira, R.;Gonçalves, D. R.;Akras, S.;Almeida, L. A.;Almeida-Fernandes, F.;Beers, T. C.;Bonatto, C.;Bonoli, S.;Cypriano, E. S.;de Lima, Erik V. R.;de Souza, R. S.;de Souza, G. Fabiano;Ferrari, F.;Gonçalves, T. S.;Gonzalez, A. H.;Gutiérrez-Soto, L. A.;Hartmann, E. A.;Jaffe, Y.;Kerber, L. O.;Lima-Dias, C.;Lopes, P. A. A.;Menendez-Delmestre, K.;Nakazono, L. M. I.;Novais, P. M.;Ortega-Minakata, R. A.;Pereira, E. S.;Perottoni, H. D.;Queiroz, C.;Reis, R. R. R.;Santos, W. A.;Santos-Silva, T.;Santucci, R. M.;Barbosa, C. L.;Siffert, Beatriz B.;Sodré, L.;Torres-Flores, S.;Westera, P.;Whitten, D. D.;Alcaniz, J. S.;Alonso-García, Javier;Alencar, S.;Alvarez-Candal, A.;Amram, P.;Azanha, L.;Barbá, R. H.;Bernardinelli, P. H.;Borges Fernandes, M.;Branco, V.;Brito-Silva, D.;Buzzo, M. L.;Caffer, J.;Campillay, A.;Cano, Z.;Carvano, J. M.;Castejon, M.;Cid Fernandes, R.;Dantas, M. L. L.;Daflon, S.;Damke, G.;de la Reza, R.;de Azevedo, L. J. de Melo;De Paula, D. F.;Diem, K. G.;Donnerstein, R.;Dors, O. L.;Dupke, R.;Eikenberry, S.;Escudero, Carlos G.;Faifer, Favio R.;Farías, H.;Fernandes, B.;Fernandes, C.;Fontes, S.;Galarza, W.;Hirata, N. S. T.;Katena, L.;Gregorio-Hetem, J.;Hernández-Fernández, J. D.;Izzo, L.;Arancibia, M. Jaque;Jatenco-Pereira, V.;Jiménez-Teja, Y.;Kann, D. A.;Krabbe, A. C.;Labayru, C.;Lazzaro, D.;Lima Neto, G. B.;Lopes, Amanda R.;Magalhães, R.;Makler, M.;de Menezes, R.;Miralda-Escudé, J.;Monteiro-Oliveira, R.;Montero-Dorta, A. D.;Muñoz-Elgueta, N.;Nemmen, R. S.;Castellón, J. L. Nilo;Oliveira, A. S.;Ortíz, D.;Pattaro, E.;Pereira, C. B.;Quint, B.;Riguccini, L.;Rocha Pinto, H. J.;Rodrigues, I.;Roig, F.;Rossi, S.;Saha, Kanak;Santos, R.;Schnorr Müller, A.;Sesto, Leandro A.;Silva, R.;Smith Castelli, Analía V.;Teixeira, Ramachrisna;Telles, E.;Thom de Souza, R. C.;Thöne, C.;Trevisan, M.;de Ugarte Postigo, A.;Urrutia-Viscarra, F.;Veiga, C. H.;Vika, M.;Vitorelli, A. Z.;Werle, A.;Werner, S. V.;Zaritsky, D.
Journal: 
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Publication type: 
Article
Pages: 
241-267
Abstract: 
The Southern Photometric Local Universe Survey (S-PLUS) is imaging ̃9300deg<SUP>2</SUP> of the celestial sphere in twelve optical bands using a dedicated 0.8 m robotic telescope, the T80-South, at the Cerro Tololo Inter-american Observatory, Chile. The telescope is equipped with a 9.2k×9.2k e2v detector with 10 μm pixels, resulting in a field-of-view of 2 deg<SUP>2</SUP> with a plate scale of 0.55' pixel<SUP>-1</SUP>. The survey consists of four main subfields, which include two non-contiguous fields at high Galactic latitudes (|b| &gt; 30°, 8000deg<SUP>2</SUP>) and two areas of the Galactic plane and bulge (for an additional 1300deg<SUP>2</SUP>). S-PLUS uses the Javalambre 12-band magnitude system, which includes the 5 ugriz broad-band filters and 7 narrow-band filters centered on prominent stellar spectral features: the Balmer jump/[OII], Ca H+K, Hδ, G-band, Mg b triplet, Hα, and the Ca triplet. S-PLUS delivers accurate photometric redshifts (δ<SUB>z</SUB>/(1 + z) = 0.02 or better) for galaxies with r &lt; 20 AB mag and z &lt; 0.5, thus producing a 3D map of the local Universe over a volume of more than 1(Gpc/h)<SUP>3</SUP>. The final S-PLUS catalogue will also enable the study of star formation and stellar populations in and around the Milky Way and nearby galaxies, as well as searches for quasars, variable sources, and low-metallicity stars. In this paper we introduce the main characteristics of the survey, illustrated with science verification data highlighting the unique capabilities of S-PLUS. We also present the first public data release of ̃336deg<SUP>2</SUP> of the Stripe-82 area, which is available at datalab.noao.edu/splus.
Database: 
ADS
SCOPUS
URL: 
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85082697074&doi=10.1093%2fmnras%2fstz1985&partnerID=40&md5=fb4c8ce394842d8e95aaaa2470816932
ADS Bibcode: 
2019MNRAS.489..241M
Keywords: 
galaxies: clusters: general;galaxies: photometry;(galaxies:) quasars: general;stars: general;surveys;Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies;Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics;Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena;Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics;Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics