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Table 2

General median properties of the 17 Euclid ERO fields with a 0.60 deg2 sky coverage for single ROS observations.

Band IE YE JE HE Unit/note
FWHM 0.157 0.477 0.486 0.492 arcsec
FWHM 1.57 1.59 1.62 1.64 pixel
Pixel sampling 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 arcsec pixel–1
Depth 5 σ stars 27.12 24.45 24.60 24.52 mag (PSF or aperture photometry)
Depth 10 σ galaxies 25.29 22.97 23.22 23.31 mag (Kron magnitude)
Limiting surface brightness 29.9 28.2 28.4 28.4 mag arcsec–2, 10ʺ × 10ʺ scale at 1 σ
Sky background 22.3 22.1 22.2 22.3 mag arcsec–2, range: [–0.5, +0.5]
Photometric zero point 30.13 30.0 30.0 30.0 mag, ADU (first ERO public data release)
Astrometry (internal) 5.1 14.9 14.9 14.9 mas
Saturation 20 900 141 000 107 000 111 000 ADU
Total number of sources 11 359 274 5 257 808 5 257 808 5 257 808 All ERO (common detection on NISP)

Notes. Tables B.1 and B.2 list all properties per ERO field. All magnitudes are instrumental and in the AB system. The range of the sky background reflects the ecliptic latitudes covered across the ERO fields.

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