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SAPAC: a SBF analysis pipeline for the astronomical community

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 November 2005

Laura P. Dunn  and
Helmut Jerjen
Laura P. Dunn
Affiliation:
RSAA, Mt Stromlo Observatory, ANU, Cotter Road, Weston ACT 2611 Australia email: laurad@mso.anu.edu.au, jerjen@mso.anu.edu.au
Helmut Jerjen
Affiliation:
RSAA, Mt Stromlo Observatory, ANU, Cotter Road, Weston ACT 2611 Australia email: laurad@mso.anu.edu.au, jerjen@mso.anu.edu.au
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Abstract

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Large volumes of CCD imaging data that will become available from wide-field cameras at telescopes such as the CFHT, SUBARU, VST, or VISTA in the near future are highly suitable for systematic distance surveys of early-type galaxies using the Surface Brightness Fluctuation (SBF) method. For the efficient processing of such large data sets, we are developing the first semi-automatic SBF analysis pipeline named SAPAC. After a brief description of the SBF method we discuss the image quality needed for a successful distance measurement and give some background information on SAPAC.

Keywords

Methods: data analysisgalaxies: distances and redshifts
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 1 , Colloquium C198: Near-Field Cosmology with Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies , March 2005 , pp. 365 - 367
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© 2005 International Astronomical Union