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The Sloan Digital Sky Survey

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey is an ambitious, multi-institutional project to create a huge digital imaging and spectroscopic data bank of 25% of the celestial sphere, approximately 10,000 deg^2 centred on the north galactic polar cap. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Bruce Margon

The Herschel ATLAS

The Herschel ATLAS is the largest open-time key project that will be carried out on the Herschel Space Observatory. It will survey 510 square degrees of the extragalactic sky, four times larger than all the other Herschel surveys combined,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 S. Eales , L. Dunne , D. Clements , A. Cooray , G. De Zotti , S. Dye , R. Ivison , M. Jarvis , G. Lagache , S. Maddox , M. Negrello , S. Serjeant , M. A. Thompson , E. Van Kampen , A. Amblard , P. Andreani , M. Baes , A. Beelen , G. J. Bendo , D. Benford , F. Bertoldi , J. Bock , D. Bonfield , A. Boselli , C. Bridge , V. Buat , D. Burgarella , R. Carlberg , A. Cava , P. Chanial , S. Charlot , N. Christopher , P. Coles , L. Cortese , A. Dariush , E. Da Cunha , G. Dalton , L. Danese , H. Dannerbauer , S. Driver , J. Dunlop , L. Fan , D. Farrah , D. Frayer , C. Frenk , J. Geach , J. Gardner , H. Gomez , J. Gonzalez-Nuevo , E. Gonzalez-Solares , M. Griffin , M. Hardcastle , E. Hatziminaoglou , D. Herranz , D. Hughes , E. Ibar , Woong-Seob Jeong , C. Lacey , A. Lapi , M. Lee , L. Leeuw , J. Liske , M. Lopez-Caniego , T. Muller , K. Nandra , P. Panuzzo , A. Papageorgiou , G. Patanchon , J. Peacock , C. Pearson , S. Phillipps , M. Pohlen , C. Popescu , S. Rawlings , E. Rigby , M. Rigopoulou , G. Rodighiero , A. Sansom , B. Schulz , D. Scott , D. J. B. Smith , B. Sibthorpe , I. Smail , J. Stevens , W. Sutherland , T. Takeuchi , J. Tedds , P. Temi , R. Tuffs , M. Trichas , M. Vaccari , I. Valtchanov , P. Van der Werf , A. Verma , J. Vieria , C. Vlahakis , Glenn J. White

Southern Cosmology Survey III: QSO's from Combined GALEX and Optical Photometry

We present catalogs of QSO candidates selected using photometry from GALEX combined with SDSS in the Stripe 82 region and Blanco Cosmology Survey (BCS) near declination -55 degrees. The SDSS region contains ~700 objects with magnitude i <…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-14 Raul Jimenez , David N. Spergel , Michael D. Niemack , Felipe Menanteau , John P. Hughes , Licia Verde , Arthur Kosowsky

The VST telescope control software in the ESO VLT environment

The VST (VLT Survey Telescope) is a 2.6 m Alt-Az telescope to be installed at Mount Paranal in Chile, in the European Southern Observatory (ESO) site. The VST is a wide-field imaging facility planned to supply databases for the ESO Very…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Schipani , M. Brescia , D. Mancini , L. Marty , G. Spirito

VICS82: the VISTA-CFHT Stripe 82 near-infrared survey

We present the VISTA-CFHT Stripe 82 (VICS82) survey: a near-infrared (J+Ks) survey covering 150 square degrees of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) equatorial Stripe 82 to an average depth of J=21.9 AB mag and Ks=21.4 AB mag (80%…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-02 J. E. Geach , Y-T. Lin , M. Makler , J-P. Kneib , N. P. Ross , W-H. Wang , B-C. Hsieh , A. Leauthaud , K. Bundy , H. J. McCracken , J. Comparat , G. B. Caminha , P. Hudelot , L. Lin , L. Van Waerbeke , M. E. S. Pereira , D. Mast

South Galactic Cap u-band Sky Survey (SCUSS): Data Reduction

The South Galactic Cap u-band Sky Survey (SCUSS) is a deep u-band imaging survey in the Southern Galactic Cap, using the 90Prime wide-field imager on the 2.3m Bok telescope at Kitt Peak. The survey observations started in 2010 and ended in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-10-21 Hu Zou , Zhaoji Jiang , Xu Zhou , Zhenyu Wu , Jun Ma , Xiaohui Fan , Zhou Fan , Boliang He , Yipeng Jing , Michael Lesser , Cheng Li , Jundan Nie , Shiyin Shen , Jiali Wang , Tianmeng Zhang , Zhimin Zhou

Photometry with FORS at the ESO VLT

ESO's two FOcal Reducer and low dispersion Spectrographs (FORS) are the primary imaging cameras for the VLT. Since they are not direct-imaging cameras, the accuracy of photometry which can routinely be obtained is limited by significant sky…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 W. Freudling , M. Romaniello , F. Patat , P. Moller , E. Jehin , K. O'Brien

The Grism Lens-Amplified Survey from Space (GLASS). XIII. G800L optical spectra from the parallel fields

We present a catalogue of 22755 objects with slitless, optical, Hubble Space Telescope (HST) spectroscopy from the Grism Lens-Amplified Survey from Space (GLASS). The data cover $\sim$220 sq. arcmin to 7-orbit ($\sim$10 ks) depth in 20…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-02-12 L. E. Abramson , G. B. Brammer , K. B. Schmidt , T. Treu , T. Morishita , X. Wang , B. Vulcani , A. Henry

The Wide Area VISTA Extra-galactic Survey (WAVES)

The "Wide Area VISTA Extra-galactic Survey" (WAVES) is a 4MOST Consortium Design Reference Survey which will use the VISTA/4MOST facility to spectroscopically survey ~2million galaxies to $r_{\rm AB} < 22$ mag. WAVES consists of two…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-29 Simon P. Driver , Luke J. Davies , Martin Meyer , Chris Power , Aaron S. G. Robotham , Ivan K. Baldry , Jochen Liske , Peder Norberg

The Simons Observatory: Science Goals and Forecasts for the Enhanced Large Aperture Telescope

We describe updated scientific goals for the wide-field, millimeter-wave survey that will be produced by the Simons Observatory (SO). Significant upgrades to the 6-meter SO Large Aperture Telescope (LAT) are expected to be complete by 2028,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-11 The Simons Observatory Collaboration , M. Abitbol , I. Abril-Cabezas , S. Adachi , P. Ade , A. E. Adler , P. Agrawal , J. Aguirre , Z. Ahmed , S. Aiola , T. Alford , A. Ali , D. Alonso , M. A. Alvarez , R. An , K. Arnold , P. Ashton , Z. Atkins , J. Austermann , S. Azzoni , C. Baccigalupi , A. Baleato Lizancos , D. Barron , P. Barry , J. Bartlett , N. Battaglia , R. Battye , E. Baxter , A. Bazarko , J. A. Beall , R. Bean , D. Beck , S. Beckman , J. Begin , A. Beheshti , B. Beringue , T. Bhandarkar , S. Bhimani , F. Bianchini , E. Biermann , S. Biquard , B. Bixler , S. Boada , D. Boettger , B. Bolliet , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , J. Borrow , C. Braithwaite , T. L. R. Brien , M. L. Brown , S. M. Bruno , S. Bryan , R. Bustos , H. Cai , E. Calabrese , V. Calafut , F. M. Carl , A. Carones , J. Carron , A. Challinor , P. Chanial , N. Chen , K. Cheung , B. Chiang , Y. Chinone , J. Chluba , H. S. Cho , S. K. Choi , M. Chu , J. Clancy , S. E. Clark , P. Clarke , J. Cleary , D. L. Clements , J. Connors , C. Contaldi , G. Coppi , L. Corbett , N. F. Cothard , W. Coulton , K. D. Crowley , K. T. Crowley , A. Cukierman , J. M. D'Ewart , K. Dachlythra , R. Datta , S. Day-Weiss , T. de Haan , M. Devlin , L. Di Mascolo , S. Dicker , B. Dober , C. Doux , P. Dow , S. Doyle , C. J. Duell , S. M. Duff , A. J. Duivenvoorden , J. Dunkley , D. Dutcher , R. Dünner , M. Edenton , H. El Bouhargani , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , V. Fanfani , G. S. Farren , J. Fergusson , S. Ferraro , R. Flauger , A. Foster , K. Freese , J. C. Frisch , A. Frolov , G. Fuller , N. Galitzki , P. A. Gallardo , J. T. Galvez Ghersi , K. Ganga , J. Gao , X. Garrido , E. Gawiser , M. Gerbino , R. Gerras , S. Giardiello , A. Gill , V. Gilles , U. Giri , E. Gleave , V. Gluscevic , N. Goeckner-Wald , J. E. Golec , S. Gordon , M. Gralla , S. Gratton , D. Green , J. C. Groh , C. Groppi , Y. Guan , N. Gupta , J. E. Guðmundsson , S. Hagstotz , P. Hargrave , S. Haridas , K. Harrington , I. Harrison , M. Hasegawa , M. Hasselfield , V. Haynes , M. Hazumi , A. He , E. Healy , S. W. Henderson , B. S. Hensley , E. Hertig , C. Hervías-Caimapo , M. Higuchi , C. A. Hill , J. C. Hill , G. Hilton , M. Hilton , A. D. Hincks , G. Hinshaw , R. Hložek , A. Y. Q. Ho , S. Ho , S. P. Ho , T. D. Hoang , J. Hoh , E. Hornecker , A. L. Hornsby , S. C. Hotinli , Z. Huang , Z. B. Huber , J. Hubmayr , K. Huffenberger , J. P. Hughes , A. Idicherian Lonappan , M. Ikape , K. Irwin , J. Iuliano , A. H. Jaffe , B. Jain , H. T. Jense , O. Jeong , A. Johnson , B. R. Johnson , M. Johnson , M. Jones , B. Jost , D. Kaneko , E. D. Karpel , Y. Kasai , N. Katayama , B. Keating , B. Keller , R. Keskitalo , J. Kim , T. Kisner , K. Kiuchi , J. Klein , K. Knowles , A. M. Kofman , B. J. Koopman , A. Kosowsky , R. Kou , N. Krachmalnicoff , D. Kramer , A. Krishak , A. Krolewski , A. Kusaka , A. Kusiak , P. La Plante , A. La Posta , A. Laguë , J. Lashner , M. Lattanzi , A. Lee , E. Lee , J. Leech , C. Lessler , J. S. Leung , A. Lewis , Y. Li , Z. Li , M. Limon , L. Lin , M. Link , J. Liu , Y. Liu , J. Lonergan , T. Louis , T. Lucas , M. Ludlam , M. Lungu , M. Lyons , N. MacCrann , A. MacInnis , M. Madhavacheril , D. Mak , F. Maldonado , M. Mallaby-Kay , A. Manduca , A. Mangu , H. Mani , A. S. Maniyar , G. A. Marques , J. Mates , T. Matsumura , P. Mauskopf , A. May , N. McCallum , H. McCarrick , F. McCarthy , M. McCulloch , J. McMahon , P. D. Meerburg , Y. Mehta , J. Melin , J. Meyers , A. Middleton , A. Miller , M. Mirmelstein , K. Moodley , J. Moore , M. Morshed , T. Morton , E. Moser , T. Mroczkowski , M. Murata , M. Münchmeyer , S. Naess , H. Nakata , T. Namikawa , M. Nashimoto , F. Nati , P. Natoli , M. Negrello , S. K. Nerval , L. Newburgh , D. V. Nguyen , A. Nicola , M. D. Niemack , H. Nishino , Y. Nishinomiya , A. Orlando , J. Orlowski-Scherer , L. Pagano , L. A. Page , S. Pandey , A. Papageorgiou , I. Paraskevakos , B. Partridge , R. Patki , M. Peel , K. Perez Sarmiento , F. Perrotta , P. Phakathi , L. Piccirillo , E. Pierpaoli , T. Pinsonneault-Marotte , G. Pisano , D. Poletti , R. Puddu , G. Puglisi , F. J. Qu , M. J. Randall , C. Ranucci , C. Raum , R. Reeves , C. L. Reichardt , M. Remazeilles , Y. Rephaeli , D. Riechers , J. Robe , M. F. Robertson , N. Robertson , K. Rogers , F. Rojas , A. Romero , E. Rosenberg , A. Rotti , S. Rowe , A. Roy , S. Sadeh , N. Sailer , K. Sakaguri , T. Sakuma , Y. Sakurai , M. Salatino , G. H. Sanders , D. Sasaki , M. Sathyanarayana Rao , T. P. Satterthwaite , L. Saunders , L. Scalcinati , E. Schaan , B. Schmitt , M. Schmittfull , N. Sehgal , J. Seibert , Y. Seino , U. Seljak , S. Shaikh , E. Shaw , P. Shellard , B. Sherwin , M. Shimon , J. E. Shroyer , C. Sierra , J. Sievers , C. Sifón , P. Sikhosana , M. Silva-Feaver , S. M. Simon , A. Sinclair , K. Smith , W. Sohn , X. Song , R. F. Sonka , D. Spergel , J. Spisak , S. T. Staggs , G. Stein , J. R. Stevens , R. Stompor , E. Storer , R. Sudiwala , J. Sugiyama , K. M. Surrao , S. Sutariya , A. Suzuki , J. Suzuki , O. Tajima , S. Takakura , A. Takeuchi , I. Tansieri , A. C. Taylor , G. Teply , T. Terasaki , A. Thomas , D. B. Thomas , R. Thornton , H. Trac , T. Tsan , E. Tsang King Sang , C. Tucker , J. Ullom , L. Vacher , L. Vale , A. van Engelen , J. Van Lanen , J. van Marrewijk , D. D. Van Winkle , C. Vargas , E. M. Vavagiakis , I. Veenendaal , C. Vergès , M. Vissers , M. Viña , K. Wagoner , S. Walker , L. Walters , Y. Wang , B. Westbrook , J. Williams , P. Williams , H. Winch , E. J. Wollack , K. Wolz , J. Wong , Z. Xu , K. Yamada , E. Young , B. Yu , C. Yu , M. Zannoni , K. Zheng , N. Zhu , A. Zonca , I. Zubeldia

ATLAS: a Cassegrain spectrograph based on volume phase holographic gratings

We are proposing a new spectrograph (ATLAS) which would revolutionise intermediate-dispersion observations at the AAT. Based on the new technology of Volume Phase Holographic gratings, and using transmission optics, ATLAS offers high…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 J. G. Robertson , K. Taylor , I. K. Baldry , P. R. Gillingham , S. C. Barden

The Very Large Array Low-frequency Sky Survey Redux (VLSSr)

We present the results of a recent re-reduction of the data from the Very Large Array (VLA) Low-frequency Sky Survey (VLSS). We used the VLSS catalog as a sky model to correct the ionospheric distortions in the data and create a new set of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 W. M. Lane , W. D. Cotton , S. van Velzen , T. E. Clarke , N. E. Kassim , J. F. Helmboldt , T. J. W. Lazio , A. S. Cohen

A 325-MHz GMRT survey of the Herschel-ATLAS/GAMA fields

We describe a 325-MHz survey, undertaken with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT), which covers a large part of the three equatorial fields at 9, 12 and 14.5 h of right ascension from the Herschel-Astrophysical Terahertz Large Area…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 T. Mauch , H. -R. Klöckner , S. Rawlings , M. J. Jarvis , M. J. Hardcastle , D. Obreschkow , D. J. Saikia , M. A. Thompson

WST -- Widefield Spectroscopic Telescope: Motivation, science drivers and top-level requirements for a new dedicated facility

In this paper, we describe the wide-field spectroscopic survey telescope (WST) project. WST is a 12-metre wide-field spectroscopic survey telescope with simultaneous operation of a large field-of-view (3 sq. degree), high-multiplex (20,000)…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-11 Roland Bacon , Vincenzo Maineiri , Sofia Randich , Andrea Cimatti , Jean-Paul Kneib , Jarle Brinchmann , Richard Ellis , Eline Tolstoi , Rodolfo Smiljanic , Vanessa Hill , Richard Anderson , Paula Sanchez Saez , Cyrielle Opitom , Ian Bryson , Philippe Dierickx , Bianca Garilli , Oscar Gonzalez , Roelof de Jong , David Lee , Steffen Mieske , Angel Otarola , Pietro Schipani , Tony Travouillon , Joel Vernet , Julia Bryant , Marc Casali , Matthew Colless , Warrick Couch , Simon Driver , Adriano Fontana , Matthew Lehnert , Laura Magrini , Ben Montet , Luca Pasquini , Martin Roth , Ruben Sanchez-Janssen , Matthias Steinmetz , Laurence Tresse , Christophe Yeche , Bodo Ziegler

Predicting the Number of Radio Sources Seen by Both VLASS and LSST

Radio surveys typically sample extragalactic sources in higher redshift regimes than is typical for optical surveys, resulting in many radio sources not having a detected optical counterpart. Over the next decade the Legacy Survey of Space…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-24 Alex Tellez , Yjan Gordon , Keith Bechtol

Extension of ATLAST/LUVOIR's Capabilities to 5 Microns, or Beyond

ATLAST is a particular realization of LUVOIR, the Large Ultraviolet Optical Infrared telescope, a ~10 m diameter space telescope being defined for consideration in the 2020 Decadal Review of astronomy and astrophysics. ATLAST/LUVOIR is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-17 Michael Werner , Mark Swain , Gautam Vasisht , Xu Wang , Steven Macenka , Avi Mandell , Shawn Domagal-Goldman , Joel Green , Chris Stark

The Herschel-ATLAS Data Release 1 Paper II: Multi-wavelength counterparts to submillimetre sources

This paper is the second in a pair of articles presenting data release 1 (DR1) of the Herschel Astrophysical Terahertz Large Area Survey (H-ATLAS), the largest single open-time key project carried out with the Herschel Space Observatory.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-07-18 N. Bourne , L. Dunne , S. J. Maddox , S. Dye , C. Furlanetto , C. Hoyos , D. J. B. Smith , S. Eales , M. W. L. Smith , E. Valiante , M. Alpaslan , E. Andrae , I. K. Baldry , M. E. Cluver , A. Cooray , S. P. Driver , J. S. Dunlop , M. W. Grootes , R. J. Ivison , T. H. Jarrett , J. Liske , B. F. Madore , C. C. Popescu , A. G. Robotham , K. Rowlands , M. Seibert , M. A. Thompson , R. J. Tuffs , S. Viaene , A. H. Wright

The Sloan Lens ACS Survey. XIII. Discovery of 40 New Galaxy-Scale Strong Lenses

We present the full sample of 118 galaxy-scale strong-lens candidates in the Sloan Lens ACS (SLACS) Survey for the Masses (S4TM) Survey, which are spectroscopically selected from the final data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-01-15 Yiping Shu , Joel R. Brownstein , Adam S. Bolton , Léon V. E. Koopmans , Tommaso Treu , Antonio D. Montero-Dorta , Matthew W. Auger , Oliver Czoske , Raphaël Gavazzi , Philip J. Marshall , Leonidas A. Moustakas

Science drivers and requirements for an Advanced Technology Large Aperture Space Telescope (ATLAST): Implications for technology development and synergies with other future facilities

The Advanced Technology Large-Aperture Space Telescope (ATLAST) is a concept for an 8-meter to 16-meter UVOIR space observatory for launch in the 2025-2030 era. ATLAST will allow astronomers to answer fundamental questions at the forefront…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-08-12 Marc Postman , Tom Brown , Kenneth Sembach , Mauro Giavalisco , Wesley Traub , Karl Stapelfeldt , Daniela Calzetti , William Oegerle , R. Michael Rich , H. Phillip Stahl , Jason Tumlinson , Matt Mountain , Rémi Soummer , Tupper Hyde

SDSS Standard Star Catalog for Stripe 82: the Dawn of Industrial 1% Optical Photometry

We describe a standard star catalog constructed using multiple SDSS photometric observations (at least four per band, with a median of ten) in the $ugriz$ system. The catalog includes 1.01 million non-variable unresolved objects from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Zeljko Ivezic , J. Allyn Smith , Gajus Miknaitis , Huan Lin , Douglas Tucker