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Table 2.

Statistics of the EROS-2 and MACHO surveys.

EROS-2 only MACHO only Common
Dates (month/yr) 7/96-2/03 7/92-1/00 7/92-2/03
Tobs (year) 6.7 7.7 10.6
Nobjects(×106) 15.8 6.9 (a) 14.1

Central fields

deg2 ∼10 ∼10 ∼10
stars/arcmin2 ∼70 ∼100 ∼70
Mag. lim. VCousins ∼20.5 ∼20.5 ∼20.5
# measurements B 500 1400 1900
# measurements R 600 1550 2150

Outer fields

deg2 ∼77 ∼39 ∼39
stars/arcmin2 ∼30 ∼20 ∼20
mag. lim. VCousins ∼22.5 ∼21.5 ∼21.5
# measurements B 250 200 450
# measurements R 300 250 550

Notes.

(a)

Showing survey durations, the number of monitored sources, the median stellar densities, approximate limiting magnitudes, and median numbers of flux measurements per object after cleaning. Number of unique objects.

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