Hubble Infrared Pure Parallel Imaging Extragalactic Survey ("HIPPIES")

HIPPIES utilizes long-duration pure parallel visits (~> 3 orbits) of HST at high Galactic latitude (|b| > 20 degrees) to take deep, multi-band images in WFC3 (since Cycle 17) and in ACS (starting Cycle 18). HIPPIES relased its best-effort, high-level image products derived from all these three programs (PIDs 11702, 12286; and 11700) after each set (i.e., field) of observations were finished, using the best HST reference files available at the time of data reduction. HIPPIES DR1 only involves the data taken in Cycle 17 by programs 11702 and 11700. These two programs used both the infrared (IR) and the UV-optical (UVIS) channels of WFC3. The IR images were taken in the same three bands in both programs, namely, F098M, F125W and F160W. Program 11702 used F600LP, while program 11700 used F606W. A few fields were observed by both programs, and thus have UVIS images in both F600LP and F606W.