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For each DR1 field, we plot the deviation in ea...

For each DR1 field, we plot the deviation in each exposure’s center coordinate (left) an...

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The throughput of the Hα filter used in the MDW...

The throughput of the Hα filter used in the MDW Survey, provided by the manufacturer. Th...

Noor Aftab et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 1

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For each DR1 field, a 2D histogram of the obser...

For each DR1 field, a 2D histogram of the observation date of its earliest exposure comp...

Noor Aftab et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 1

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Footprints of the various data releases of the ...

Footprints of the various data releases of the MDW Survey, covering the Orion region (DR...

Noor Aftab et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 1

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The distribution of variation in exposure obser...

The distribution of variation in exposure observation time for the images that make up e...

Noor Aftab et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 1

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A comparison of the various colors relevant to ...

A comparison of the various colors relevant to the DR1 point-source Hα flux calibration,...

Noor Aftab et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 1

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For each field, the limiting depth of the stack...

For each field, the limiting depth of the stack catalog (95th percentile of Hα magnitude...

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For each DR1 field, the median match distance t...

For each DR1 field, the median match distance to Pan-STARRS1 for the stack catalog compa...

Noor Aftab et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 1

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The spatial distribution of match distances bet...

The spatial distribution of match distances between extracted DR1 sources and the Pan-ST...

Noor Aftab et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 1

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Comparing differences in synthetic photometry o...

Comparing differences in synthetic photometry of main-sequence stars between the MDW Sur...

Noor Aftab et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 1

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For each exposure, the z-score of its point-sou...

For each exposure, the z-score of its point-source calibration offset when compared to t...

Noor Aftab et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 1

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Median background of original individual exposu...

Median background of original individual exposures plotted against the moon separation a...

Noor Aftab et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 1

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The frequency of fields (left axis, blue bars) ...

The frequency of fields (left axis, blue bars) and the range of their limiting depths (9...

Noor Aftab et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 1

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Overview of the data acquisition and processing...

Overview of the data acquisition and processing pipeline. For each step, details are des...

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For the matched stack catalog, the r − Hα color...

For the matched stack catalog, the r − Hα color against r − i (top) and g − r (bottom), ...

Noor Aftab et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 1

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We show a region of size ...

We show a region of size ﹩9\mathop{.}\limits^{^\circ }9﹩ by ...

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For all DR1 matches with quality Pan-STARRS1 in...

For all DR1 matches with quality Pan-STARRS1 information, their r − Hα color against r −...

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For each field, the calibration offset calculat...

For each field, the calibration offset calculated for the stack images versus the standa...

Noor Aftab et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 1

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Mosaic of the Cygnus region, centered at R.A. =...

Mosaic of the Cygnus region, centered at R.A. = 311...

Noor Aftab et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 1

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Read noise over time for each of the three tele...

Read noise over time for each of the three telescopes. The outliers are marked in red cr...

Noor Aftab et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 1

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For our matched stack catalog (limited to Pan-S...

For our matched stack catalog (limited to Pan-STARRS1 sources with r ≤ 18), the differen...

Noor Aftab et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 1

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Gain factor over time for each of the three tel...

Gain factor over time for each of the three telescopes. The outliers are marked in red c...

Noor Aftab et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 1

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Across all DR1 matched sources, the median limi...

Across all DR1 matched sources, the median limiting depth (95th percentile of Hα magnitu...

Noor Aftab et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 1

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Distribution of filament widths, extracted from...

Distribution of filament widths, extracted from the full region immediately below and ab...

Noor Aftab et al, The Astronomical Journal 171 1

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For sources in the DR1 stack catalog, their sta...

For sources in the DR1 stack catalog, their stack Hα magnitude compared to the standard ...

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