The galaxy two-point correlation function down to V - 26 magnitudes on 0.5-deg scales

Abstract

We extend the measurement of the galaxy angular two-point correlation function ω(θ) down to V∼26 mag on scales θ≤0°.45. For this, we used the Palomar 200 inch (5.08 m) Four-Shooter CCD-array to image two deep radio-optical survey regions (0.2 deg 2 ) with contiguous mosaics in Gunn gri, yielding in total ∼60,000 faint galaxies down to V∼26 mag. Here, we present the first results for one mosaic in Gunn g.