The Astrophysical Journal Letters (Jan 2023)
CEERS MIRI Imaging: Data Reduction and Quality Assessment
- G. Yang,
- C. Papovich,
- M. B. Bagley,
- H. C. Ferguson,
- S. L. Finkelstein,
- A. M. Koekemoer,
- P. G. Pérez-González,
- P. Arrabal Haro,
- L. Bisigello,
- K. I. Caputi,
- Y. Cheng,
- L. Costantin,
- M. Dickinson,
- A. Fontana,
- J. P. Gardner,
- A. Grazian,
- N. A. Grogin,
- S. Harish,
- B. W. Holwerda,
- E. Iani,
- J. S. Kartaltepe,
- L. J. Kewley,
- A. Kirkpatrick,
- D. D. Kocevski,
- V. Kokorev,
- J. M. Lotz,
- R. A. Lucas,
- R. Navarro-Carrera,
- L. Pentericci,
- N Pirzkal,
- S. Ravindranath,
- P. Rinaldi,
- L. Shen,
- R. S. Somerville,
- J. R. Trump,
- A. de la Vega,
- S. M. Wilkins,
- L. Y. Aaron Yung
Affiliations
- G. Yang
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- Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen , P.O. Box 800, 9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands ; [email protected]; SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research , Postbus 800, 9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
- C. Papovich
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University , College Station, TX 77843-4242, USA; George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University , College Station, TX 77843-4242, USA
- M. B. Bagley
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- Department of Astronomy, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, TX, USA
- H. C. Ferguson
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- Space Telescope Science Institute , Baltimore, MD, USA
- S. L. Finkelstein
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- Department of Astronomy, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, TX, USA
- A. M. Koekemoer
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- Space Telescope Science Institute , 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- P. G. Pérez-González
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- Centro de Astrobiología (CAB) , CSIC-INTA, Ctra. de Ajalvir km 4, Torrejón de Ardoz, E-28850, Madrid, Spain
- P. Arrabal Haro
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- NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory , 950 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
- L. Bisigello
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia “G.Galilei,” Universitá di Padova , Via Marzolo 8, I-35131 Padova, Italy; INAF—Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova , Vicolo dell’Osservatorio 5, I-35122, Padova, Italy
- K. I. Caputi
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- Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen , P.O. Box 800, 9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands ; [email protected]
- Y. Cheng
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- University of Massachusetts Amherst , 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003-9305, USA
- L. Costantin
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- Centro de Astrobiología (CAB) , CSIC-INTA, Ctra de Ajalvir km 4, Torrejón de Ardoz, E-28850, Madrid, Spain
- M. Dickinson
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- NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory , 950 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
- A. Fontana
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- INAF—Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma , via di Frascati 33, I-00078 Monte Porzio Catone, Italy
- J. P. Gardner
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- Astrophysics Science Division , Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 665, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
- A. Grazian
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- INAF—Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova , Vicolo dell’Osservatorio 5, I-35122, Padova, Italy
- N. A. Grogin
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- Space Telescope Science Institute , 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- S. Harish
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- Laboratory for Multiwavelength Astrophysics, School of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology , 84 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623, USA
- B. W. Holwerda
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- Physics & Astronomy Department, University of Louisville , Louisville, KY 40292, USA
- E. Iani
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- Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen , P.O. Box 800, 9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands ; [email protected]
- J. S. Kartaltepe
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- Laboratory for Multiwavelength Astrophysics, School of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology , 84 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623, USA
- L. J. Kewley
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- Center for Astrophysics —Harvard & Smithsonian, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- A. Kirkpatrick
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas , Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
- D. D. Kocevski
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Colby College , Waterville, ME 04901, USA
- V. Kokorev
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- Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen , P.O. Box 800, 9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands ; [email protected]
- J. M. Lotz
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- Gemini Observatory/NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory , 950 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
- R. A. Lucas
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- Space Telescope Science Institute , 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- R. Navarro-Carrera
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- Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen , P.O. Box 800, 9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands ; [email protected]
- L. Pentericci
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- INAF—Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma , via di Frascati 33, I-00078 Monte Porzio Catone, Italy
- N Pirzkal
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- ESA/AURA Space Telescope Science Institute , USA
- S. Ravindranath
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- Space Telescope Science Institute , 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- P. Rinaldi
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- Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen , P.O. Box 800, 9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands ; [email protected]
- L. Shen
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University , College Station, TX 77843-4242, USA; George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University , College Station, TX 77843-4242, USA
- R. S. Somerville
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- Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute , 162 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA
- J. R. Trump
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- Department of Physics, 196 Auditorium Road, Unit 3046, University of Connecticut , Storrs, CT 06269, USA
- A. de la Vega
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California , 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
- S. M. Wilkins
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- Astronomy Centre, University of Sussex , Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, UK; Institute of Space Sciences and Astronomy, University of Malta , Msida MSD 2080, Malta
- L. Y. Aaron Yung
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- Astrophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center , 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/acfaa0
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 956,
no. 1
p. L12
Abstract
The Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science Survey (CEERS), targeting the Extended Groth Strip extragalactic field, is one of the James Webb Space Telescope Director’s Discretionary Early Release Science programs. To date, all observations have been executed and include NIRCam/MIRI imaging and NIRSpec/NIRCam spectroscopic exposures. Here we discuss the MIRI imaging, which includes eight pointings, four of which provide deep imaging with the bluer bands (F560W and F770W) and four of which provide contiguous wavelength coverage in F1000W, F1280W, F1500W, and F1800W, where two of these also include coverage in F770W and F2100W. We present a summary of the data, data quality, and data reduction. The data reduction is based on the jwst calibration pipeline combined with custom modifications and additional steps designed to enhance the output quality, including improvements in astrometry and the removal of detector artifacts. We estimate the image depth of the reduced mosaics and show that these generally agree with expectations from the Exposure Time Calculator. We compare the MIRI F560W and F770W flux densities for bright sources to measurements from Spitzer/IRAC Ch3 (5.8 μ m) and Ch4 (8.0 μ m), and we find that they agree with systematic differences of <0.1 mag. For the redder MIRI bands, we assess their quality by studying the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of Galactic stars. The SEDs are consistent with the expected Rayleigh–Jeans law with a deviation of ∼0.03 mag, indicating that the MIRI colors are reliable. We also discuss all publicly released data products (images and source catalogs), which are available on the CEERS website ( https://ceers.github.io/ ).
Keywords
- James Webb Space Telescope
- Galaxy evolution
- Star formation
- Astronomy data reduction
- Active galactic nuclei
- Infrared photometry
