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The Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury: Triangulum Extended Region (PHATTER) I. Ultraviolet to Infrared Photometry of 22 Million Stars in M33
We present panchromatic resolved stellar photometry for 22 million stars in
the Local Group dwarf spiral Triangulum (M33), derived from Hubble Space
Telescope (HST) observations with the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) in the
optical (F475W, F814W), and the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) in the near
ultraviolet (F275W, F336W) and near-infrared (F110W, F160W) bands. The large,
contiguous survey area covers 14 square kpc and extends to 3.5 kpc (14
arcmin, or 1.5-2 scale lengths) from the center of M33. The PHATTER observing
strategy and photometry technique closely mimic those of the Panchromatic
Hubble Andromeda Treasury (PHAT), but with updated photometry techniques that
take full advantage of all overlapping pointings (aligned to within 5-10
milliarcseconds) and improved treatment of spatially-varying point spread
functions. The photometry reaches a completeness-limited depth of
F475W28.5 in the lowest surface density regions observed in M33 and
F475W26.5 in the most crowded regions found near the center of M33. We
find the young populations trace several relatively tight arms, while the old
populations show a clear, looser two-armed structure. We present extensive
analysis of the data quality including artificial star tests to quantify
completeness, photometric uncertainties, and flux biases. This stellar catalog
is the largest ever produced for M33, and is publicly available for download by
the community.Comment: 38 pages, 6 tables, 25 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
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Law, Ethics and National Security Conference.
Appearing: Curtis A. Bradley (Duke Law), chair ; John B. Bellinger III (U.S. Department of State), John Dugard (University of Leiden), and Tod Lindberg (Stanford University), speakers