articleMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyJul 23, 2007CEBBRONZE OA

The UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS)

ALA.B. LawrenceSJS. J. WarrenOAO. AlmainiACA. C. EdgeNCN. C. Hambly

Royal Observatory · Scottish Universities Physics Alliance · +13 more institutions

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Abstract

We describe the goals, design, and implementation of the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS), a seven year sky survey which began in May 2005. It is a portfolio of five survey components covering various combinations of the filter set ZYJHK and H_2. The Large Area Survey, the Galactic Cluster Survey, and the Galactic Plane Survey cover approximately 7000 square degrees to a depth of K~18; the Deep Extragalactic Survey covers 35 square degrees to K~21, and the Ultra Deep Survey covers 0.77 square degrees to K~23. The prime aim of UKIDSS is to provide a long term astronomical legacy database; the design is however driven by a series of specific goals -- for example to find the nearest and faintest…

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  • Physics
  • Sky
  • Galactic plane
  • Astrophysics
  • Galaxy
  • Astronomy
  • Population
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