backVI photometric maps of the OGLE-III SMC fields
We present OGLE-III Photometric Maps of the Small Magellanic
Cloud. They contain precise, calibrated VI photometry of about 6.2
million stars from 41 OGLE-III fields in the SMC observed regularly in the
years 2001-2008 and covering about 14 square degrees in the sky. Also
precise astrometry of these objects is provided.
One of the fields, SMC140, is centered on the 47 Tucanae Galactic globular
cluster providing unique data on this object.
We discuss quality of the data and present a few color-magnitude
diagrams of the observed fields.
To check if we observe(d) at particular RA/Dec, use
OGLE Field Finder.
The OGLE-III Photometric Maps of the SMC are available to the
astronomical community from
the OGLE Internet archive. See README file there for details.
Any comments about the data and the form of their presentation are welcome
as they can improve the future releases of photometric maps of other
OGLE-III fields. Send your messages to
this address.
PLEASE cite the following paper when using the data or referring to
these OGLE results:
Udalski et al., 2008,
Acta Astron., 58, 329
(astro-ph/0901.4632).