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author Franco, Maximilien
Casey, Caitlin M.
Koekemoer, Anton M.
Liu, Daizhong
Bagley, Micaela B.
McCracken, Henry Joy
Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S.
Akins, Hollis B.
Ilbert, Olivier
Shuntov, Marko
Harish, Santosh
Robertson, Brant E.
Arango-Toro, Rafael C.
Battisti, Andrew J.
Chartab, Nima
Drakos, Nicole E.
Faisst, Andreas L.
Flayhart, Carter
Gozaliasl, Ghassem
Hirschmann, Michaela
Massey, Richard
Rhodes, Jason
Sattari, Zahra
Scognamiglio, Diana
Weaver, John R.
Yang, Lilan
Zavala, Jorge A.
Berman, Edward M.
Gentile, Fabrizio
Gillman, Steven
Long, Arianna S.
Magdis, Georgios
McCleary, Jacqueline E.
McKinney, Jed
Mobasher, Bahram
Paquereau, Louise
Rest, Armin
Sanders, David B.
Toft, Sune
Yu, Si-Yue
author_facet Franco, Maximilien
Casey, Caitlin M.
Koekemoer, Anton M.
Liu, Daizhong
Bagley, Micaela B.
McCracken, Henry Joy
Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S.
Akins, Hollis B.
Ilbert, Olivier
Shuntov, Marko
Harish, Santosh
Robertson, Brant E.
Arango-Toro, Rafael C.
Battisti, Andrew J.
Chartab, Nima
Drakos, Nicole E.
Faisst, Andreas L.
Flayhart, Carter
Gozaliasl, Ghassem
Hirschmann, Michaela
Massey, Richard
Rhodes, Jason
Sattari, Zahra
Scognamiglio, Diana
Weaver, John R.
Yang, Lilan
Zavala, Jorge A.
Berman, Edward M.
Gentile, Fabrizio
Gillman, Steven
Long, Arianna S.
Magdis, Georgios
McCleary, Jacqueline E.
McKinney, Jed
Mobasher, Bahram
Paquereau, Louise
Rest, Armin
Sanders, David B.
Toft, Sune
Yu, Si-Yue
contents We present the data reduction methodology used for the COSMOS-Web survey JWST NIRCam data. Covering 0.54 deg^2 with four broadband filters (F115W, F150W, F277W, F444W) and a total exposure time of approximately 270 hours, COSMOS-Web represents the largest contiguous field surveyed during JWST Cycle 1, posing unique data reduction challenges due to its extensive scale. By combining the official JWST Calibration Pipeline with custom improvements for noise removal, background subtraction, and astrometric alignment, we achieve high fidelity science-ready mosaics. We detail the systematic approach employed in the three stages of the JWST Calibration Pipeline. The data, collected in three epochs from January 2023 to January 2024, encompass 152 visits and have been processed into 20 mosaic tiles to optimize computational efficiency and data processing. The final data products achieve 5 sigma depths of 26.7-28.3 AB mag in 0.15" apertures. The processed and calibrated datasets are made available to the public.
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spellingShingle COSMOS-Web: Comprehensive Data Reduction for Wide-Area JWST NIRCam Imaging
Franco, Maximilien
Casey, Caitlin M.
Koekemoer, Anton M.
Liu, Daizhong
Bagley, Micaela B.
McCracken, Henry Joy
Kartaltepe, Jeyhan S.
Akins, Hollis B.
Ilbert, Olivier
Shuntov, Marko
Harish, Santosh
Robertson, Brant E.
Arango-Toro, Rafael C.
Battisti, Andrew J.
Chartab, Nima
Drakos, Nicole E.
Faisst, Andreas L.
Flayhart, Carter
Gozaliasl, Ghassem
Hirschmann, Michaela
Massey, Richard
Rhodes, Jason
Sattari, Zahra
Scognamiglio, Diana
Weaver, John R.
Yang, Lilan
Zavala, Jorge A.
Berman, Edward M.
Gentile, Fabrizio
Gillman, Steven
Long, Arianna S.
Magdis, Georgios
McCleary, Jacqueline E.
McKinney, Jed
Mobasher, Bahram
Paquereau, Louise
Rest, Armin
Sanders, David B.
Toft, Sune
Yu, Si-Yue
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
We present the data reduction methodology used for the COSMOS-Web survey JWST NIRCam data. Covering 0.54 deg^2 with four broadband filters (F115W, F150W, F277W, F444W) and a total exposure time of approximately 270 hours, COSMOS-Web represents the largest contiguous field surveyed during JWST Cycle 1, posing unique data reduction challenges due to its extensive scale. By combining the official JWST Calibration Pipeline with custom improvements for noise removal, background subtraction, and astrometric alignment, we achieve high fidelity science-ready mosaics. We detail the systematic approach employed in the three stages of the JWST Calibration Pipeline. The data, collected in three epochs from January 2023 to January 2024, encompass 152 visits and have been processed into 20 mosaic tiles to optimize computational efficiency and data processing. The final data products achieve 5 sigma depths of 26.7-28.3 AB mag in 0.15" apertures. The processed and calibrated datasets are made available to the public.
title COSMOS-Web: Comprehensive Data Reduction for Wide-Area JWST NIRCam Imaging
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.03256