Quest1 variability survey. II. variability determination criteria and 200k light curve catalog
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-10-2004
Abstract
The QUEST (QUasar Equatorial Survey Team) Phase 1 camera has collected multibandpass photometry on a large strip of high Galactic latitude sky over a period of 26 months. This robust data set has been reduced and nightly catalogs compared to determine the photometric variability of the ensemble objects. Subsequent spectroscopic observations have confirmed a subset of the photometric variables as quasars, as previously reported. This paper reports on the details of the data reduction and analysis pipeline and presents multiple bandpass light curves for 198,213 QUEST1 objects, along with global variability information and matched Sloan photometry.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Astrophysical Journal
First Page
184
Last Page
191
Recommended Citation
Rengstorf, A., Mufson, S., Andrews, P., Honeycutt, R., Vivas, A., Abad, C., Adams, B., Bailyn, C., Baltay, C., Bongiovanni, A., Briceño, C., Bruzual, G., Coppi, P., Della Prugna, F., Emmet, W., Ferrín, I., Fuenmayor, F., Gebhard, M., Hernańdez, J., Magris, G., Musser, J., Naranjo, O., Oemler, A., Rosenzweig, P., Sabbey, C., Sánchez, G., Sánchez, G., Schaefer, B., Schenner, H., Sinnott, J., Snyder, J., Sofia, S., & Stock, J. (2004). Quest1 variability survey. II. variability determination criteria and 200k light curve catalog. Astrophysical Journal, 617 (1 I), 184-191. https://doi.org/10.1086/425246