The Kilo-Degree Survey

Jelte T. A. de Jong; Gijs A. Verdoes Kleijn; Konrad H. Kuijken; Edwin A. Valentijn; KiDS; Astro-WISE consortiums

doi:10.1007/s10686-012-9306-1

The Kilo-Degree Survey

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2015-06-05 v1 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Authors: Jelte T. A. de Jong , Gijs A. Verdoes Kleijn , Konrad H. Kuijken , Edwin A. Valentijn , KiDS , Astro-WISE consortiums

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Abstract

The Kilo Degree Survey (KiDS) is a 1500 square degree optical imaging survey with the recently commissioned OmegaCAM wide-field imager on the VLT Survey Telescope (VST). A suite of data products will be delivered to the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and the community by the KiDS survey team. Spread over Europe, the KiDS team uses Astro-WISE to collaborate efficiently and pool hardware resources. In Astro-WISE the team shares, calibrates and archives all survey data. The data-centric architectural design realizes a dynamic 'live archive' in which new KiDS survey products of improved quality can be shared with the team and eventually the full astronomical community in a flexible and controllable manner.

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astronomical surveys astronomical instrumentation and telescopes space missions and instrumentation

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@article{arxiv.1206.1254,
  title  = {The Kilo-Degree Survey},
  author = {Jelte T. A. de Jong and Gijs A. Verdoes Kleijn and Konrad H. Kuijken and Edwin A. Valentijn and KiDS and Astro-WISE consortiums},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.1254},
  year   = {2015}
}

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20 pages, Accepted for publication in topical issue of Experimental Astronomy on Astro-WISE information system

The Kilo-Degree Survey

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