DEEP GALEX UV SURVEY OF THE KEPLER FIELD. I. POINT SOURCE CATALOG
- Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica Optica y Electrónica Luis Enrique Erro #1, CP 72840, Tonantzintla, Puebla (Mexico)
- Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (United States)
- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, NY 14627-0171 (United States)
We report observations of a deep near-ultraviolet (NUV) survey of the Kepler field made in 2012 with the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) Complete All-Sky UV Survey Extension (CAUSE). The GALEX-CAUSE Kepler survey (GCK) covers 104 square degrees of the Kepler field and reaches a limiting magnitude of NUV ≃ 22.6 at 3σ. Analysis of the GCK survey has yielded a catalog of 669,928 NUV sources, of which 475,164 are cross-matched with stars in the Kepler Input Catalog. Approximately 327 of 451 confirmed exoplanet host stars and 2614 of 4696 candidate exoplanet host stars identified by Kepler have NUV photometry in the GCK survey. The GCK catalog should enable the identification and characterization of UV-excess stars in the Kepler field (young solar-type and low-mass stars, chromospherically active binaries, white dwarfs, horizontal branch stars, etc.), and elucidation of various astrophysics problems related to the stars and planetary systems in the Kepler field.
- OSTI ID:
- 22521941
- Journal Information:
- Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 813, Issue 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0004-637X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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