First Data Release of the COSMOS Lyman-Alpha Mapping And Tomography Observations: 3D Lyman-$��$ Forest Tomography at 2.05 < z < 2.55

Faint star-forming galaxies at $z\sim 2-3$ can be used as alternative background sources to probe the Lyman-$��$ forest in addition to quasars, yielding high sightline densities that enable 3D tomographic reconstruction of the foreground absorption field. Here, we present the first data release from the COSMOS Lyman-Alpha Mapping And Mapping Observations (CLAMATO) Survey, which was conducted with the LRIS spectrograph on the Keck-I telescope. Over an observational footprint of 0.157$\mathrm{deg}^2$ within the COSMOS field, we used 240 galaxies and quasars at $2.17
22 pages, 12 figures accepted in ApJ Supplements. Google Cardboard-compatible video can be viewed on https://youtu.be/QGtXi7P4u4g