A few  (final)  numbers re. the new data for F02

Within the limits:
14900 < X_image < 19099 AND  10100 < Y_image < 14299
there are:

          in our catalogue:  15626 objects (file our.cat)
          in the database :  15844 objects (file db.cat)

With a matching box of 1" we get:

-- 15169 objects in common. The file paired_1arcsec.ID_sep
   contains the IDs of these objects in the database and in our new
   catalogue (new SExtractor files) respectively and their separation
   in arcsecs.

       ** for all these objects just keep the old bvri mags and
  •      ADD the new K band mag
  •      ADD the new J band mag
  •      ADD the new U band mag

  •       (use info contained in the new SExtractor files:
         f02k_sub_feb2003.cat , f02j_sub_apr2003.cat and f02u_sub_may2003.cat).

    -- 675 objects are in the database and **NOT** in our new
       catalogue. The file indb_not_inour.ID  contains for these objects
       the list of database IDs.

       For these objects we should do as follows: leave unchanged
       old bvri mags, while:

       ***** for the K band mag --> if Kmag = 99 --> do not change
                                    if Kmag = 0.0 --> set Kmag to 99
                                    if 0.1 < Kmag < 90 --> set Kmag = Kmag -0.09

       ***** for the J band mag --> put them all to 99.000

       ***** for the U band mag --> if -99.999 leave as it is (= not in field)
                                    otherwise put them all to 99.000

    -- 457 objects are in our new catalogue and **NOT** in
       the database. The file inour_not_indb.ID_radec
           contains for these objects the list of IDs in our new SExtractor files
       (ie. in our new catalogue).

           Different strategies are possible for these objects.

       ***  A possibility is to consider ONLY the 59 objects that are
       with I_AB < 24.0 **OR** with K_vega < 20.5 (K_AB 22.34),
       and add them to the database (see file:
            inour_not_indb.I_br_24.K_bt_20.5.ID_IKmag
    , containing IDs and I and K
       mags for these objects).

       ***  Alternatively we can add them all --> they will
       have a different ID and therefore will be easy to identify.
       Their info in all the different bands has to be
       obtained from the various Sextractor files here provided:

      for the U band mags:   f02u_sub_may2003.cat

      for the B band mags:   f02b_sub_feb2003.cat

      for the V band mags:   f02v_sub_feb2003.cat

      for the R band mags:   f02r_sub_oct2003.cat

      for the I band mags:   f02i_sub_feb2003.cat

      for the J band mags:   f02j_sub_apr2003.cat

      for the K band mags:       f02k_sub_feb2003.cat

      For the objects that we decide to add to the database, we should
      get the info on the objects 'quality' (flag) from the following
      file: ID_FLAG.list, that for each objects in the new Sextractor
      files provides IDs and flags according the the original scheme
      suggested by Henry.
     
      As a last info here are the images (and their 
      weight maps) for all the bands in the K-band sub-area: 

         U band:   F02U.fits and F02U.weight.fits

      B band:   F02B.fits and F02B.weight.fits

      V band:   F02V.fits and F02V.weight.fits

      R band:   F02R.fits and F02R.weight.fits

      I band:   F02I.fits and F02I.weight.fits

      J band:   F02J.fits and F02J.weight.fits

      K band:       F02K.fits and F02K.weight.fits

         while here is the chi-squared image and its weight map:

      Chi-squared:       F02chi.fits

      For all these images the pixel scale is 0.2 arcsecs/px.

        ****  A   SUGGESTION ....  ****

        Similarly to what was done for the other fields, here are the limits that
     I would suggest to use to avoid noisy border areas, together with some
     general info on F02. These limits imply a final K-band area of
     172.28 sq. arcmins.

        written 5 june 2003
        update 16 October 2003 :   'double identification' instances corrected in file paired_1arcsec.ID_sep    
        update 20 October 2003:    J-band catalogue replaced
        update 21 October 2003:    K-band catalogue now has the correct errors for the mags (GAIN=0 in SExtractor file)
                                                          and R-band catalogue now has the correct zero point (30.00 instead of 29.88).
        update 16 May 2004:            links to U, B, V, R, I, J and K images of the K-area are provided.
                                                          The final K-band clean area is suggested.