TY - JOUR
T1 - SAPAC
T2 - A SBF analysis pipeline for the astronomical community
AU - Dunn, Laura P.
AU - Jerjen, Helmut
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Galaxies: distances and redshifts
KW - Methods: data analysis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=63549115156&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S1743921305004072
DO - 10.1017/S1743921305004072
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:63549115156
SN - 1743-9213
VL - 1
SP - 365
EP - 367
JO - Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
JF - Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
IS - C198
ER -