We describe first results of a project to create weak lensing mass maps for a complete, X-ray luminosity-limited sample of 19 nearby (z < 0.1) southern galaxy clusters scheduled for Sunyaev-Zel'dovich observations by the Viper Telescope at the South Pole. We have collected data on 1/3 of the sample and present motivation for the project as well as projected mass maps of two clusters.
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9909029,
title = {Weak Lensing Mass of Nearby Clusters of Galaxies},
author = {M. Joffre and P. Fischer and J. Frieman and D. Johnston and T. McKay and J. Mohr and B. Nichol and E. Sheldon and C. Cantaloupo and G. Griffin and J. Peterson and A. K. Romer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9909029},
year = {2007}
}
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submitted to "Gravitational Lensing: Recent progress and Future Goals", eds: T.Brainerd and C.Kochanek, ASP Conf Series, 2 pages, 2 PS figures