The UKIRT Hemisphere Survey: Definition and J-band Data Release
Abstract
This paper defines the UK Infra-Red Telescope (UKIRT) Hemisphere Survey (UHS) and release of the remaining ~12,700 sq.deg of J-band survey data products. The UHS will provide continuous J and K-band coverage in the northern hemisphere from a declination of 0 deg to 60 deg by combining the existing Large Area Survey, Galactic Plane Survey and Galactic Clusters Survey conducted under the UKIRT Infra-red Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) programme with this new additional area not covered by UKIDSS. The released data includes J-band imaging and source catalogues over the new area, which, together with UKIDSS, completes the J-band UHS coverage over the full ~17,900 sq.deg area. 98 per cent of the data in this release have passed quality control criteria, the remaining 2 per cent being scheduled for re-observation. The median 5-sigma point source sensitivity of the released data is 19.6 mag (Vega). The median full width at half-maximum of the point spread function across the dataset is 0.75 arcsec. In this paper, we outline the survey management, data acquisition, processing and calibration, quality control and archiving as well as summarising the characteristics of the released data products. The data are initially available to a limited consortium with a world-wide release scheduled for August 2018.
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@article{arxiv.1707.09975,
title = {The UKIRT Hemisphere Survey: Definition and J-band Data Release},
author = {S. Dye and A. Lawrence and M. A. Read and X. Fan and T. Kerr and W. Varricatt and K. E. Furnell and A. Edge and M. Irwin and N. Hambly and P. Lucas and O. Almaini and K. Chambers and R. Green and P. Hewett and M. Liu and I. McGreer and W. Best and Z. Zhang and E. Sutorius and D. Froebrich and E. Magnier and G. Hasinger and S. M. Lederer and M. Bold and J. A. Tedds},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.09975},
year = {2017}
}
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14 pages, 9 figures, MNRAS in press. v2 includes some changes suggested by referee