The Fornax Deep Survey (FDS) with the VST: IV. A size and magnitude limited catalog of dwarf galaxies in the area of the Fornax cluster

Understand

The Fornax Deep Survey (FDS), an imaging survey in the u', g', r', and i'-bands, has a supreme resolution and image depth compared to the previous spatially complete Fornax Cluster Catalog (FCC).

• Our new data allows us to study the galaxies down to r'-band magnitude m$_{r'}\approx$21 mag (M$_{r'}\approx$-10.5 mag).
• These data provide an important legacy dataset to study the Fornax cluster.
• We aim to present the Fornax Deep Survey (FDS) dwarf galaxy catalog, focusing on explaining the data reduction and calibrations, assessing the quality of the data, and describing the methods used for defining the cluster memberships for the catalog objects.