A sky survey of ultraviolet sources observed through AstroSat's UVIT: A point source catalogue

  • Swagat Bordoloi
  • , P. Shalima
  • , Rupjyoti Gogoi*
  • , Jayant Murthy
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The Ultra Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) onboard India's first dedicated multiwavelength satellite AstroSat observed a significant fraction of the sky in the ultraviolet with a spatial resolution of 1.4. We present a catalogue of the point sources observed by UVIT in the far ultraviolet (FUV; 1 300-1 800 Å) and near ultraviolet (NUV; 2 000-3 000 Å). We carried out astrometry and photometry of 428 field pointings in the FUV and 54 field pointings in the NUV band, observed in 5 filter bands in each channel, respectively, covering an area of about 63 square degrees. The final catalogue contains about 102 773 sources. The limiting magnitude(AB) of the F148W band filter, that has the largest number of detections is. For the NUV channel, we find the limiting magnitude at around 23. We describe the final catalogue and present the results of the statistical analysis.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere086
JournalPublications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
Volume41
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 06-11-2024

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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