# The ASTRODEEP Frontier Fields Catalogues III. Multiwavelength photometry   and rest frame properties of MACS-J0717 and MACS-J1149

**Authors:** M. Di Criscienzo, E. Merlin, M. Castellano, P. Santini, A. Fontana, R., Amorin, K. Boutsia, S. Derriere, J.S. Dunlop, D. Elbaz, A. Grazian, R. J., McLure, E. M\'armol-Queralt\'o, M. J. Michalowski, S. Mortlock, S. Parsa and, L. Pentericci

arXiv: 1706.03790 · 2017-11-01

## TL;DR

This paper provides detailed multiwavelength photometry and derived galaxy properties for two massive galaxy clusters, MACS-J0717 and MACS-J1149, using advanced techniques to detect faint sources and analyze their physical characteristics.

## Contribution

It introduces a refined procedure for removing foreground light to accurately measure faint sources in crowded cluster regions, extending galaxy samples to very high redshifts and faint magnitudes.

## Key findings

- Photometric redshifts reach approximately 4% accuracy.
- Extended galaxy samples to magnitudes of H160~32-34 mag.
- Probed galaxy masses >10^7 M⊙ and SFRs of 0.1-1 M⊙/yr at z>6.

## Abstract

We present the multiwavelength photometry of two Frontier Fields massive galaxy clusters MACS-J0717 and MACS-J1149 and their parallel fields, ranging from HST to ground based K and Spitzer IRAC bands, and the public release of photometric redshifts and rest frame properties of galaxies found in cluster and parallel pointings. This work was done within ASTRODEEP project and aims to provide a reference for future investigations of the extragalactic populations.   To fully exploit the depth of the images and detect faint sources we used an accurate procedure which carefully removes the foreground light of bright cluster sources and the intra-cluster light thus enabling detection and measurement of accurate fluxes in crowded cluster regions. This same procedure has been successfully used to derive the photometric catalogue of MACS-J0416 and Abell-2744.   The obtained multi-band photometry was used to derive photometric redshifts, magnification and physical properties of sources. In line with the first two FF catalogues released by ASTRODEEP, the photometric redshifts reach $\sim$4$\%$ accuracy. Moreover we extend the presently available samples to galaxies intrinsically as faint as H160$\sim$32-34 mag thanks the magnification factors induced to strong gravitational lensing. Our analysis allows us to probe galaxy masses larger then 10$^{7}$ M$\odot$ and/or SFR=0.1-1M$\odot$/yr out to redshift z$>6$.

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