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The S-PLUS Fifth Data-Release: Over 4500 square degrees of the Southern Sky and a multicolor view of the Hydra and Antlia galaxy clusters

Erik Vinicius Rodrigues de Lima·Gustavo Bernhard Oliveira Schwarz·Fábio Rafael Herpich·Felipe Almeida-Fernandes·Lilianne Nakazono·Eduardo Alberto Duarte Lacerda·André Santos·André Luiz Figueiredo·Luis Angel Gutiérrez-Soto·Marília Jobim Sartori·Marcos Antonio Fonseca-Faria·Maiara Sampaio Carvalho·Bárbara Cubillos Palma·Elismar Lösch·Gissel Pardo Montaguth·José Yuri Santos Silva·Liana Li·Marina Izabela·Natanael Magalhães Cardoso·Thais Santos-Silva·Paulo Afrânio Augusto Lopes·Pedro K. Humire·Roberta Vassallo Bordoni·Amanda Reis Lopes·Analía Viviana Smith Castelli·Ângela Cristina Krabbe·Augusto Damineli·Carlos Eduardo Ferreira Lopes·Ciria Lima-Dias·Clécio Roque de Bom·Daniela E. Olave-Rojas·Debasish Hazarika·Eduardo Telles·Erick Ghuron·Guilherme Limberg·Hélio Dotto Perottoni·Júlia Thainá-Batista·Laerte Sodré Jr.·Lia Doubrawa·Marcelo Borges Fernandes·Murillo Marinello·Swayamtrupta Panda·Pierre Augusto Ré·Raimundo Lopes de Oliveira·Raquel Ruiz Valença·Ricardo Demarco·Roberto Cid-Fernandes·Rodrigo Facundo Haack·Sergio Torres-Flores·Stavros Akras·Timothy C. Beers·Vinicius M. Placco·Vitor Cernic·Victor Hugo Sasse·Antonio Kanaan·Tiago Ribeiro·William Schoennell·Cláudia Lúcia Mendes de Oliveira
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Abstract

We present the 5th data release (DR5) of the Southern Photometric Local Universe Survey (S-PLUS), covering 4592 square degrees across 2491 fields. Observations were conducted with the T80-South, a Brazilian robotic telescope equipped with the Javalambre 12-filter system, containing five broad- and seven narrowband filters. Data products feature FITS images and extensive catalogs containing fluxes, magnitudes, and shape parameters for over 113 million detections. In addition, several value-added catalogs are provided, offering photometric redshifts (photo-zs), object classifications, masks, and extinction coefficients. For the first time, this release includes coverage of 110 square degrees along the Galactic disk, facilitating new research into Galactic structure and stellar populations. The release also provides full coverage of the Hydra Supercluster and numerous other nearby clusters with improved data reduction and calibration, enhancing photo-z accuracy, which is vital for large-scale structure studies. A preliminary analysis of the Hydra and Antlia galaxy clusters up to $5 \times R_{200}$ yields an updated catalog of 1706 cluster members based on both spectroscopic and high-quality photo-zs. Our photometric data shows that both clusters have a similar proportion of galaxies with an H$\alpha$ excess relative to their clustercentric distance, though Hydra has a higher fraction near its center. Additionally, the spatial distribution of all objects in our sample highlights a bridge connecting both clusters. We verify that S-PLUS DR5 provides a solid foundation for future scientific investigations, ranging from Solar System studies to Cosmology.

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Erik Vinicius Rodrigues de Lima, Gustavo Bernhard Oliveira Schwarz, Fábio Rafael Herpich, Felipe Almeida-Fernandes, Lilianne Nakazono, Eduardo Alberto Duarte Lacerda, André Santos, André Luiz Figueiredo, Luis Angel Gutiérrez-Soto, Marília Jobim Sartori, Marcos Antonio Fonseca-Faria, Maiara Sampaio Carvalho, Bárbara Cubillos Palma, Elismar Lösch, Gissel Pardo Montaguth, José Yuri Santos Silva, Liana Li, Marina Izabela, Natanael Magalhães Cardoso, Thais Santos-Silva, Paulo Afrânio Augusto Lopes, Pedro K. Humire, Roberta Vassallo Bordoni, Amanda Reis Lopes, Analía Viviana Smith Castelli, Ângela Cristina Krabbe, Augusto Damineli, Carlos Eduardo Ferreira Lopes, Ciria Lima-Dias, Clécio Roque de Bom, Daniela E. Olave-Rojas, Debasish Hazarika, Eduardo Telles, Erick Ghuron, Guilherme Limberg, Hélio Dotto Perottoni, Júlia Thainá-Batista, Laerte Sodré Jr., Lia Doubrawa, Marcelo Borges Fernandes, Murillo Marinello, Swayamtrupta Panda, Pierre Augusto Ré, Raimundo Lopes de Oliveira, Raquel Ruiz Valença, Ricardo Demarco, Roberto Cid-Fernandes, Rodrigo Facundo Haack, Sergio Torres-Flores, Stavros Akras, Timothy C. Beers, Vinicius M. Placco, Vitor Cernic, Victor Hugo Sasse, Antonio Kanaan, Tiago Ribeiro, William Schoennell, Cláudia Lúcia Mendes de Oliveira. 2026-07-17. The S-PLUS Fifth Data-Release: Over 4500 square degrees of the Southern Sky and a multicolor view of the Hydra and Antlia galaxy clusters. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.15891

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