The VOICE Survey : VST Optical Imaging of the CDFS and ES1 Fields

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Date Issued
2016
Author(s)
Vaccari, M.
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Covone, G.
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Limatola, L.
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Pignata, G.
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De Cicco, D.
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Falocco, S.
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Marchetti, L.
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Longo, G.
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Capaccioli, M.
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Abstract
We present the VST Optical Imaging of the CDFS and ES1 Fields (VOICE) Survey, a VST INAF Guaranteed Time program designed to provide optical coverage of two 4 deg$^2$ cosmic windows in the Southern hemisphere. VOICE provides the first, multi-band deep optical imaging of these sky regions, thus complementing and enhancing the rich legacy of longer-wavelength surveys with VISTA, Spitzer, Herschel and ATCA available in these areas and paving the way for upcoming observations with facilities such as the LSST, MeerKAT and the SKA. VOICE exploits VST's OmegaCAM optical imaging capabilities and completes the reduction of WFI data available within the ES1 fields as part of the ESO-Spitzer Imaging Extragalactic Survey (ESIS) program providing $ugri$ and $uBVR$ coverage of 4 and 4 deg$^2$ areas within the CDFS and ES1 field respectively. We present the survey's science rationale and observing strategy, the data reduction and multi-wavelength data fusion pipeline. Survey data products and their future updates will be released at http://www.mattiavaccari.net/voice/ and on CDS/VizieR.
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Proceedings of the 4th Annual Conference on High Energy Astrophysics in Southern Africa (HEASA 2016)
Volume
275
Start page
26
Conferenece
4th Annual Conference on High Energy Astrophysics in Southern Africa (HEASA 2016)
Conferenece place
Cape Town, South Africa
Conferenece date
25-27 August, 2016
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1824-8039
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2016heas.confE..26V
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