The UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS)

Lawrence, A.B.; J. Warren, S.; Almaini, O.; C. Edge, A.; C. Hambly, N.; F. Jameson, R.; W. Lucas, P.; Casali, M.; J. Adamson, A.; Dye, S.; P. Emerson, J.; Foucaud, S.; C. Hewett, P.; Hirst, Paul; T. Hodgkin, S.; J. Irwin, M.; Lodieu, N.; G. McMahon, R.; Simpson, Chris; Smail, Ian; Mortlock, D.; Folger, Martin

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12040.x

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The UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS)

Published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society • Jul 23, 2007

Authors:

A.B. Lawrence

S. J. Warren

O. Almaini

Abstract

We describe the goals, design, implementation, and initial progress of the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS), a seven-year sky survey which began in 2005 May. UKIDSS is being carried out using the UKIRT Wide Field Camera (WFCAM), which has the largest étendue of any infrared astronomical instr...

Subject

Physics

Sky

Galactic plane

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