ESO Imaging Survey V. Cluster Search using Color Data

Abstract

This paper presents 19 additional candidate clusters detected using the galaxy catalog extracted from the I-band images taken for the ESO Imaging Survey (EIS). The candidates are found over a region of 1.1 square degrees, located near the South Galactic Pole. Combined with the sample reported earlier, the number of candidates in the Southern Galactic Cap is now 54 over a total area of 3.6 square degrees. Images in V band are also available over 2.7 square degrees, and galaxy catalogs extracted from them over a uniform area of 2 square degrees have been used to further explore the reality of the I cluster candidates. Nearly all the I candidates with estimated redshifts <~ 0.5 are also identified in V. At higher redshifts, only rich candidates are detected in both bands.