ESO imaging survey v. cluster search using color data

This paper presents 19 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 (EIS Patch B). 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. V-band images are also available over 2.9 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 cluster candidates detected in I-band. Nearly all the candidates detected in I-band with estimated redshifts z ≤ 0.5 are also identified in V. At higher redshifts, only rich candidates are detected in both bands.