Accurate photometric redshifts for the CFHT legacy survey calibrated using the VIMOS VLT deep survey

2006/03/09 by O. Ilbert, S. Arnouts, H. J. McCracken +53 · 1,692 citations
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paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065138

published in Astronomy and Astrophysics 457(3), 841-856 (EDP Sciences) · 19 pages, 17 figures, submitted to A&A. The photometric redshifts described in this paper will be made publicly available from 1st may 2006 at http://terapix.iap.fr and http://cencosw.oamp.fr/

arxiv created 2006/03/09 · openalex publication_date 2006/08/04 · arxiv updated 2011/08/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/08

Abstract

Aims. We present and release photometric redshifts for a uniquely large and deep sample of 522286 objects with in the Canada-France Hawaii Telescope Legacy Survey (CFHTLS) “Deep Survey” fields D1, D2, D3, and D4, which cover a total effective area of 3.2 .

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