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new_icon 11/14/2011 -- CANDELS public data release: GOODS-S Deep Epoch 10. The data access page provides details on the data products being released.

new_icon 11/14/2011 -- CANDELS public data release: EGS Epoch 2. The data access page provides details on the data products being released.

new_icon 11/14/2011 -- CANDELS public data release: UDS Total v1.0 The data access page provides details on the data products being released.

10/28/2011 -- CANDELS public data release: GOODS-S Deep Epochs 8 and 9. The data access page provides details on the data products being released.

08/24/2011 -- CANDELS public data release: EGS Epoch 1. The data access page provides details on the data products being released.

08/23/2011 -- CANDELS public data release: GOODS-S Wide Epoch 7. The data access page provides details on the data products being released.

07/08/2011 -- CANDELS public data release: GOODS-S Wide Epoch 5 and Deep Epoch 6. The data access page provides details on the data products being released.

05/20/2011 -- CANDELS public data release: UDS Epoch 2. The data access page provides details on the data products being released.

05/18/2011 -- The two primary reference papers for CANDELS (Grogin et al. 2011; Koekemoer et al. 2011) have been submitted to ApJS and are available here: [Grogin, N. A. et al. 2011, ApJS, arxiv:1105.3753] [Koekemoer, A. M. et al. 2011, ApJS, arxiv:1105.3754]

05/13/2011 -- CANDELS public data release: GOODS-S Wide Epoch 3 and Deep Epoch 4. The data access page provides details on the data products being released.

04/15/2011 -- CANDELS public data release: GOODS-S Deep Epoch 2. The 2nd epoch of the CANDELS GOODS-S data is now publicly available. The data access page provides details on the data products being released.

02/25/2011 -- CANDELS public data release: UDS Epoch 1. The first epoch of the CANDELS UDS data is now publicly available. The data access page provides details on the data products being released. The WFC3/IR F125W and 160W color composite below shows the CANDELS UDS Epoch 1 observations. This image was produced by Anton Koekemoer (STScI).

UDS Epoch 1 Mosaic

02/17/2011 -- Draft versions of the CANDELS Overview Paper and Data Paper are available as a resource for astronomers preparing HST Cycle 19 proposals. [Grogin et al. 2011: CANDELS HST Survey Paper (23 Mb)] [Koekemoer et al. 2011: CANDELS HST Data Paper (86 Mb)]

CANDELS GOODS-S Deep Epoch 101/12/2011 -- The first CANDELS public data release: GOODS-S Deep Epoch 1.The first epoch of the CANDELS GOODS-S Deep data is now publicly available. The data access page provides details on the data products being released. The WFC3/IR F125W and 160W color composite on the right shows the CANDELS GOODS-S Deep Epoch 1 observations (including also the test orbit that was obtained in August). This image was produced by Anton Koekemoer (STScI).

10/11/2010 -- The first CANDELS data in GOODS-S Deep Epoch 1 were obtained. A color composite made using the first 10 orbits of CANDELS WFC3/IR F125W and 160W observations (including also the test orbit that was obtained in August) is available here. This image was produced by Anton Koekemoer (STScI).

08/10/2010 -- The first CANDELS test orbit data were obtained on 5 Aug 2010.

03/15/2010 -- 902 orbits of Hubble Space Telescope observing time awarded to the CANDELS survey to study the evolution of the Universe in the first third of cosmic time. [UCSC Press Release]

03/15/2010 -- Media coverage in response to the first CANDELS press release: Baltimore Sun, SpaceRef.com, Universe Today, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Bowling Green Daily News, Newsweek.