MeerKAT Galaxy Cluster Legacy Survey (MGCLS) DR1

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MeerKAT's large number (64) of 13.5m diameter antennas, spanning 8km with a densely packed 1 km core, create a powerful instrument for wide-area surveys, with high sensitivity over a wide range of angular scales. The MeerKAT Galaxy Cluster Legacy Survey (MGCLS) is a programme of long-track MeerKAT L-band (900-1670MHz) observations of 115 galaxy clusters, observed for ~6-10h each in full polarisation. The first legacy product data release (DR1), made available with this paper, includes the MeerKAT visibilities, basic image cubes at ~8'' resolution, and enhanced spectral and polarisation image cubes at ~8'' and 15'' resolutions. Typical sensitivities for the full-resolution MGCLS image products range from ~3-5{mu}Jy/beam. The basic cubes are full-field and span 2{deg}x2{deg}. The enhanced products consist of the inner 1.2{deg}x1.2{deg} field of view, corrected for the primary beam. The survey is fully sensitive to structures up to ~10' scales, and the wide bandwidth allows spectral and Faraday rotation mapping. Relatively narrow frequency channels (209kHz) are also used to provide HI mapping in windows of 0

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.36570056
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Creator Knowles K.; Cotton W.D.; Rudnick L.; Camilo F.; Goedhart S.; Deane R.,Ramatsoku M.; Bietenholz M.F.; Bruggen M.; Button C.; Chen H.,Chibueze J.O.; Clarke T.E.; de Gasperin F.; Ianjamasimanana R.,Jozsa G.I.G.; Hilton M.; Kesebonye K.C.; Kolokythas K.,Kraan-korteweg R.C.; Lawrie G.; Lochner M.; Loubser S.I.; Marchegiani P.,Mhlahlo N.; Moodley K.; Murphy E.; Namumba B.; Oozeer N.; Parekh V.,Pillay D.S.; Passmoor S.S.; Ramaila A.J.T.; Ranchod S.,Retana-Montenegro E.; Sebokolodi L.; Sikhosana S.P.; Smirnov O.; Thorat K.,Venturi T.; Abbott T.D.; Adam R.M.; Adams G.; Aldera M.A.,Bauermeister E.F.; Bennett T.G.H.; Bode W.A.; Botha D.H.; Botha A.G.,Brederode L.R.S.; Buchner S.; Burger J.P.; Cheetham T.; de Villiers D.I.L.,Dikgale-Mahlakoana M.A.; du Toit L.J.; Esterhuyse S.W.P.; Fadana G.,Fanaroff B.L.; Fataar S.; Foley A.R.; Fourie D.J.; Frank B.S.,Gamatham R.R.G.; Gatsi T.G.; Geyer M.; Gouws M.; Gumede S.C.; Heywood I.,Hlakola M.J.; Hokwana A.; Hoosen S.W.; Horn D.M.; Horrell J.M.G.,Hugo B.V.; Isaacson A.R.; Jonas J.L.; Jordaan J.D.B.; Joubert A.F.,Julie R.P.M.; Kapp F.B.; Kasper V.A.; Kenyon J.S.; Kotze P.P.A.,Kotze A.G.; Kriek N.; Kriel H.; Krishnan V.K.; Kusel T.W.; Legodi L.S.,Lehmensiek R.; Liebenberg D.; Lord R.T.; Lunsky B.M.; Madisa K.,Magnus L.G.; Main J.P.L.; Makhaba A.; Makhathini S.; Malan J.A.,Manley J.R.; Marais S.J.; Maree M.D.J.; Martens A.; Mauch T.; McAlpine K.,Merry B.C.; Millenaar R.P.; Mokone O.J.; Monama T.E.; Mphego M.C.,New W.S.; Ngcebetsha B.; Ngoasheng K.J.; Ockards M.T.; Otto A.J.,Patel A.A.; Peens-Hough A.; Perkins S.J.; Ramanujam N.M.; Ramudzuli Z.R.,Ratcliffe S.M.; Renil R.; Robyntjies A.; Rust A.N.; Salie S.; Sambu N.,Schollar C.T.G.; Schwardt L.C.; Schwartz R.L.; Serylak M.; Siebrits R.,Sirothia S.K.; Slabber M.; Sofeya L.; Taljaard B.; Tasse C.; Tiplady A.J.,Toruvanda O.; Twum S.N.; van Balla T.J.; van der Byl A.; van der Merwe C.,van Dyk C.L.; Van Tonder V.; Van Wyk R.; Venter A.J.; Venter M.; Welz M.G.,Williams L.P.; Xaia B.
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Publication Year 2023
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Cosmology; Galactic and extragalactic Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics