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The Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope Quasar Survey: Quasar Properties from First Data Release

We present preliminary results of the quasar survey in Large Sky Area Multi- Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) first data release (DR1), which includes pilot survey and the first year regular survey. There are 3921 quasars…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-01-27 Y. L. Ai , Xue-Bing Wu , Jinyi Yang , Qian Yang , Feige Wang , Rui Guo , Wenwen Zuo , Xiaoyi Dong , Y. -X. Zhang , H. -L. Yuan , Y. -H. Song , Jianguo Wang , Xiaobo Dong , M. Yang , H. Wu , S. -Y. Shen , J. -R. Shi , B. -L. He , Y. -J. Lei , Y. -B. Li , A. -L. Luo , Y. -H. Zhao , Hao-Tong Zhang

The WIRCam Ultra Deep Survey (WUDS) I. Survey overview and UV luminosity functions at z~5 and z~6

The aim of this paper is to introduce the WIRCam Ultra Deep Survey (WUDS), a near-IR photometric public survey carried out at the CFH Telescope in the field of the CFHTLS-D3 field (Groth Strip). WUDS includes four near-IR bands (Y, J, H and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-12-05 R. Pello , P. Hudelot , N. Laporte , Y. Mellier , H. J. McCracken , M. Balcells , F. Boone , N. Cardiel , J. Gallego , F. Garzon , R. Guzman , J. F. Le Borgne , M. Prieto , J. Richard , D. Schaerer , L. Tresse , S. Arnouts , J. G. Cuby , K. Disseau , M. Hayes

SkyMapper Southern Survey: Data Release 4

We present the fourth data release (DR4) of the SkyMapper Southern Survey (SMSS), the last major step in our hemispheric survey with six optical filters: u, v, g, r, i, z. SMSS DR4 covers 26,000 sq.deg from over 400,000 images acquired by…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-06 Christopher A. Onken , Christian Wolf , Michael S. Bessell , Seo-Won Chang , Lance C. Luvaul , John L. Tonry , Marc C. White , Gary S. Da Costa

First Discoveries of z>6 Quasars with the DECam Legacy Survey and UKIRT Hemisphere Survey

We present the first discoveries from a survey of $z\gtrsim6$ quasars using imaging data from the DECam Legacy Survey (DECaLS) in the optical, the UKIRT Deep Infrared Sky Survey (UKIDSS) and a preliminary version of the UKIRT Hemisphere…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-04-19 Feige Wang , Xiaohui Fan , Jinyi Yang , Xue-Bing Wu , Qian Yang , Fuyan Bian , Ian D. McGreer , Jiang-Tao Li , Zefeng Li , Jiani Ding , Arjun Dey , Simon Dye , Joseph R. Findlay , Richard Green , David James , Linhua Jiang , Dustin Lang , Andy Lawrence , Adam D. Myers , Nicholas P. Ross , David J. Schlegel , Tom Shanks

Seeing statistics at the upgraded 3.8m UK infrared telescope (UKIRT)

From 1991 until 1997, the 3.8m UK Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) underwent a programme of upgrades aimed at improving its intrinsic optical performance. This resulted in images with a FWHM of 0."17 at 2.2 um in September 1998. To understand and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Marc S. Seigar , Andy J. Adamson , Nicholas P. Rees , Timothy G. Hawarden , Malcolm Currie , Timothy C. Chuter

Hunting The Most Distant Stars in the Milky Way: Methods and Initial Results

We present a new catalog of 404 M giant candidates found in the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS). The 2,400 deg$^2$ available in the UKIDSS Large Area Survey Data Release 8 resolve M giants through a volume four times larger than…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-17 John J. Bochanski , Beth Willman , Andrew A. West , Jay Strader , Laura Chomiuk

The First Data Release (DR1) of the LAMOST general survey

The Large sky Area Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) General Survey is a spectroscopic survey that will eventually cover approximately half of the celestial sphere and collect 10 million spectra of stars, galaxies and QSOs.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-07-22 A. -L. Luo , Y. -H. Zhao , G. Zhao , L. -C. Deng , X. -W. Liu , Y. -P. Jing , G. Wang , H. -T Zhang , J. -R. Shi , X. -Q. Cui , Y. -Q. Chu , G. -P. Li , Z. -R. Bai , Y. Cai , S. -Y. Cao , Z. -H Cao , J. L. Carlin , H. Y. Chen , J. -J. Chen , K. -X. Chen , L. Chen , X. -L. Chen , X. -Y. Chen , Y. Chen , N. Christlieb , J. -R. Chu , C. -Z. Cui , Y. -Q. Dong , B. Du , D. -W. Fan , L. Feng , J. -N Fu , P. Gao , X. -F. Gong , B. -Z. Gu , Y. -X. Guo , Z. -W. Han , B. -L. He , J. -L. Hou , Y. -H. Hou , W. Hou , H. -Z. Hu , N. -S. Hu , Z. -W. Hu , Z. -Y. Huo , L. Jia , F. -H. Jiang , X. Jiang , Z. -B. Jiang , G. Jin , X. Kong , X. Kong , Y. -J. Lei , A. -H. Li , C. -H. Li , G. -W. Li , H. -N. Li , J. Li , Q. Li , S. Li , S. -S. Li , X. -N. Li , Y. Li , Y. -B. Li , Y. -P. Li , Y. Liang , C. -C. Lin , C. Liu , G. -R. Liu , G. -Q. Liu , Z. -G. Liu , W. -Z. Lu , Y. Luo , Y. -D. Mao , H. Newberg , J. -J. Ni , Z. -X. Qi , Y. -J. Qi , S. -Y. Shen , H. -M. Shi , J. Song , Y. -H. Song , D. -Q. Su , H. -J. Su , Z. -H. Tang , Q. -S. Tao , Y. Tian , D. Wang , D. -Q. Wang , F. -F. Wang , G. -M. Wang , H. Wang , H. -C. Wang , J. Wang , J. -N. Wang , J. -L. Wang , J. -P. Wang , J. -X. Wang , L. Wang , M. -X. Wang , S. -G. Wang , S. -Q. Wang , X. Wang , Y. -N. Wang , Y. Wang , Y. -F. Wang , Y. -F. Wang , P. Wei , M. -Z. Wei , H. Wu , K. -F. Wu , X. -B. Wu , Y. Wu , Y. Z. Wu , X. -Z. Xing , L. -Z. Xu , X. -Q. Xu , Y. Xu , T. -S. Yan , D. -H. Yang , H. -F. Yang , H. -Q. Yang , M. Yang , Z. -Q. Yao , Y. Yu , H. Yuan , H. -B. Yuan , H. -L. Yuan , W. -M. Yuan , C. Zhai , E. -P. Zhang , H. W. Zhang , J. -N. Zhang , L. -P. Zhang , W. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Y. -X. Zhang , Z. -C. Zhang , M. Zhao , F. Zhou , X. Zhou , J. Zhu , Y. -T. Zhu , S. -C. Zou , F. Zuo

eUDS: The SRG/eROSITA X-ray Survey of the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey Field. Catalogue of Sources

The eROSITA X-ray telescope on board the Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG) spacecraft observed the field of the UKIDSS Ultra-Deep Survey (UDS) in August-September 2019, during its flight to Sun-Earth L2 point. The resulting eROSITA UDS (or…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-22 R. Krivonos , M. Gilfanov , P. Medvedev , S. Sazonov , R. Sunyaev

The Inner Galaxy resolved at IJK using DENIS data

We present the analysis of three colour optical/near-infrared images, in IJK, taken for the DENIS project. The region considered covers 17.4 square deg and lies within |l|<5 deg, |b|<1.5 deg. The adopted methods for deriving photometry and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 M. Unavane , Gerard Gilmore , N. Epchtein , G. Simon , D. Tiphène , B. de Batz

Euclid Quick Data Release (Q1). First detections from the galaxy cluster workflow

The first survey data release by the Euclid mission covers approximately $63\,\mathrm{deg^2}$ in the Euclid Deep Fields to the same depth as the Euclid Wide Survey. This paper showcases, for the first time, the performance of cluster…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-04 Euclid Collaboration , S. Bhargava , C. Benoist , A. H. Gonzalez , M. Maturi , J. -B. Melin , S. A. Stanford , E. Munari , M. Vannier , C. Murray , S. Maurogordato , A. Biviano , J. Macias-Perez , J. G. Bartlett , F. Pacaud , A. Widmer , M. Meneghetti , B. Sartoris , M. Aguena , G. Alguero , S. Andreon , S. Bardelli , L. Baumont , M. Bolzonella , R. Cabanac , A. Cappi , G. Castignani , C. Combet , J. Comparat , S. Farrens , Z. Ghaffari , P. A. Giles , C. Giocoli , M. Girardi , N. A. Hatch , L. Ingoglia , A. Iovino , G. A. Mamon , S. Mei , L. Moscardini , S. Mourre , J. Odier , G. W. Pratt , P. Tarrío , G. Toni , J. Weller , E. Zucca , N. Aghanim , B. Altieri , A. Amara , N. Auricchio , C. Baccigalupi , M. Baldi , A. Balestra , P. Battaglia , F. Bellagamba , A. Bonchi , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , S. Camera , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , J. Carretero , S. Casas , M. Castellano , S. Cavuoti , K. C. Chambers , A. Cimatti , C. Colodro-Conde , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , M. Cropper , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , G. De Lucia , A. M. Di Giorgio , C. Dolding , H. Dole , F. Dubath , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , S. Dusini , A. Ealet , S. Escoffier , M. Farina , R. Farinelli , F. Faustini , S. Ferriol , F. Finelli , P. Fosalba , S. Fotopoulou , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , M. Fumana , S. Galeotta , K. George , B. Gillis , P. Gómez-Alvarez , J. Gracia-Carpio , B. R. Granett , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , L. Guzzo , S. Gwyn , S. V. H. Haugan , J. Hoar , H. Hoekstra , W. Holmes , F. Hormuth , A. Hornstrup , P. Hudelot , S. Ilić , K. Jahnke , M. Jhabvala , B. Joachimi , E. Keihänen , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , M. Kilbinger , B. Kubik , K. Kuijken , M. Kümmel , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , Q. Le Boulc'h , A. M. C. Le Brun , D. Le Mignant , P. Liebing , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , V. Lindholm , I. Lloro , G. Mainetti , D. Maino , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , S. Marcin , O. Marggraf , M. Martinelli , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , R. Massey , E. Medinaceli , M. Melchior , Y. Mellier , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , A. Mora , M. Moresco , R. Nakajima , C. Neissner , R. C. Nichol , S. -M. Niemi , J. W. Nightingale , C. Padilla , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , K. Pedersen , W. J. Percival , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , G. Polenta , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , R. Rebolo , A. Renzi , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , R. Saglia , Z. Sakr , A. G. Sánchez , D. Sapone , J. A. Schewtschenko , P. Schneider , T. Schrabback , A. Secroun , E. Sefusatti , G. Seidel , S. Serrano , P. Simon , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , J. Skottfelt , L. Stanco , J. Steinwagner , P. Tallada-Crespí , A. N. Taylor , I. Tereno , S. Toft , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , I. Tutusaus , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , T. Vassallo , G. Verdoes Kleijn , A. Veropalumbo , Y. Wang , A. Zacchei , G. Zamorani , F. M. Zerbi , V. Allevato , M. Ballardini , E. Bozzo , C. Burigana , P. Casenove , D. Di Ferdinando , J. A. Escartin Vigo , G. Fabbian , L. Gabarra , J. Martín-Fleitas , S. Matthew , N. Mauri , R. B. Metcalf , A. Pezzotta , M. Pöntinen , C. Porciani , I. Risso , V. Scottez , M. Sereno , M. Tenti , M. Viel , M. Wiesmann , Y. Akrami , I. T. Andika , S. Anselmi , M. Archidiacono , F. Atrio-Barandela , K. Benson , P. Bergamini , D. Bertacca , M. Bethermin , A. Blanchard , L. Blot , H. Böhringer , S. Borgani , M. L. Brown , S. Bruton , A. Calabro , B. Camacho Quevedo , F. Caro , C. S. Carvalho , T. Castro , Y. Charles , F. Cogato , A. R. Cooray , M. Costanzi , O. Cucciati , S. Davini , F. De Paolis , G. Desprez , A. Díaz-Sánchez , J. J. Diaz , S. Di Domizio , J. M. Diego , P. Dimauro , P. -A. Duc , A. Enia , Y. Fang , A. G. Ferrari , P. G. Ferreira , A. Finoguenov , A. Fontana , A. Franco , K. Ganga , J. García-Bellido , T. Gasparetto , E. Gaztanaga , F. Giacomini , F. Gianotti , G. Gozaliasl , M. Guidi , C. M. Gutierrez , A. Hall , W. G. Hartley , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , H. Hildebrandt , J. Hjorth , J. J. E. Kajava , Y. Kang , V. Kansal , D. Karagiannis , K. Kiiveri , C. C. Kirkpatrick , S. Kruk , J. Le Graet , L. Legrand , M. Lembo , F. Lepori , G. Leroy , G. F. Lesci , J. Lesgourgues , L. Leuzzi , T. I. Liaudat , S. J. Liu , A. Loureiro , G. Maggio , M. Magliocchetti , E. A. Magnier , F. Mannucci , R. Maoli , C. J. A. P. Martins , L. Maurin , M. Migliaccio , M. Miluzio , P. Monaco , A. Montoro , C. Moretti , G. Morgante , K. Naidoo , A. Navarro-Alsina , S. Nesseris , F. Passalacqua , K. Paterson , L. Patrizii , A. Pisani , D. Potter , S. Quai , M. Radovich , P. -F. Rocci , P. Rosati , S. Sacquegna , M. Sahlén , D. B. Sanders , E. Sarpa , J. Schaye , A. Schneider , M. Schultheis , D. Sciotti , E. Sellentin , L. C. Smith , K. Tanidis , G. Testera , R. Teyssier , S. Tosi , A. Troja , M. Tucci , C. Valieri , A. Venhola , D. Vergani , G. Verza , P. Vielzeuf , N. A. Walton , E. Soubrie , D. Scott

A Pilot Survey for KX QSOs in the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey Field

We have undertaken a pilot survey for faint QSOs in the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey Field using the KX selection technique. These observations exploit the very deep near-infrared and optical imaging of this field from UKIRT and Subaru to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Ian Smail , Rob Sharp , A. M. Swinbank , M. Akiyama , Y. Ueda , S. Foucaud , O. Almaini , S. Croom

Infrared Colors of Small Serendipitously-Found Asteroids in the UKIRT Hemisphere Survey

The UKIRT Hemisphere Survey covers the northern sky in the infrared from 0-60 degrees declination. Current data releases include both J and K bands, with H-band data forthcoming. Here we present a novel pipeline to recover asteroids from…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-26 Samantha G. Morrison , Ryder H. Strauss , David E. Trilling , Andy J. López-Oquendo , Justice Bruursema , Frederick J. Vrba

Discovery of a redshift 6.13 quasar in the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey

Optical and near-infrared (NIR) spectra are presented for ULAS J131911.29+095951.4 (hereafter ULAS J1319+0950), a new redshift z = 6.127 +/- 0.004 quasar discovered in the Third Data Release (DR3) of the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 D. J. Mortlock , M. Patel , S. J. Warren , B. P. Venemans , R. G. McMahon , P. C. Hewett , C. Simpson , R. G. Sharp , B. Burningham , S. Dye , S. Ellis , E. A. Gonzales-Solares , N. Huelamo

The colour selection of distant galaxies in the UKIDSS Ultra-Deep Survey Early Data Release

We investigate colour selection techniques for high redshift galaxies in the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey Early Data Release (UDS EDR). Combined with very deep Subaru optical photometry, the depth (K_AB = 22.5) and area (0.62 deg^2) of the UDS…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 K. P. Lane , O. Almaini , S. Foucaud , C. Simpson , Ian Smail , R. J. McLure , C. J. Conselice , M. Cirasuolo , M. J. Page , J. S. Dunlop , P. Hirst , M. G. Watson , K. Sekiguchi

The ugrizYJHK luminosity distributions and densities from the combined MGC, SDSS and UKIDSS LAS datasets

We combine data from the MGC, SDSS and UKIDSS LAS surveys to produce ugrizYJHK luminosity functions and densities from within a common, low redshift volume (z<0.1, ~71,000 h_1^-3 Mpc^3 for L* systems) with 100 per cent spectroscopic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 David T. Hill , Simon P. Driver , Ewan Cameron , Nicholas Cross , Jochen Liske , Aaron Robotham

Initial data release of the Kepler-INT Survey

This paper describes the first data release of the Kepler-INT Survey (KIS), that covers a 116 deg2 region of the Cygnus and Lyra constellations. The Kepler field is the target of the most intensive search for transiting planets to date.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-04 S. Greiss , D. Steeghs , B. T. Gänsicke , E. L. Martín , P. J. Groot , M. J. Irwin , E. González-Solares , R. Greimel , C. Knigge , R. H. Østensen , K. Verbeek , J. E. Drew , J. Drake , P. G. Jonker , V. Ripepi , S. Scaringi , J. Southworth , M. Still , N. J. Wright , H. Farnhill , L. van Haaften , S. Shah

JEMS: A deep medium-band imaging survey in the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field with JWST NIRCam & NIRISS

We present JEMS (JWST Extragalactic Medium-band Survey), the first public medium-band imaging survey carried out using JWST/NIRCam and NIRISS. These observations use $\sim2\mu$m and $\sim4\mu$m medium-band filters (NIRCam F182M, F210M,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-01-25 Christina C. Williams , Sandro Tacchella , Michael V. Maseda , Brant E. Robertson , Benjamin D. Johnson , Chris J. Willott , Daniel J. Eisenstein , Christopher N. A. Willmer , Zhiyuan Ji , Kevin N. Hainline , Jakob M. Helton , Stacey Alberts , Stefi Baum , Rachana Bhatawdekar , Kristan Boyett , Andrew J. Bunker , Stefano Carniani , Stephane Charlot , Jacopo Chevallard , Emma Curtis-Lake , Anna de Graaf , Eiichi Egami , Marijn Franx , Nimisha Kumari , Roberto Maiolino , Erica J. Nelson , Marcia J. Rieke , Lester Sandles , Irene Shivaei , Charlotte Simmonds , Renske Smit , Katherine A. Suess , Fengwu Sun , Hannah Ubler , Joris Witstok

New members in the Upper Sco association from the UKIDSS Early Data Release

We present the results of a 9.3 square degree infrared (ZYJHK) survey in the Upper Scorpius association extracted from the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) Galactic Cluster Survey Early Data Release. We have selected a total of 112…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 N. Lodieu , N. C. Hambly , R. F. Jameson

The GMRT 150 MHz All-sky Radio Survey: First Alternative Data Release TGSS ADR1

We present the first full release of a survey of the 150 MHz radio sky, observed with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope between April 2010 and March 2012 as part of the TGSS project. Aimed at producing a reliable compact source survey,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-08 H. T. Intema , P. Jagannathan , K. P. Mooley , D. A. Frail

White dwarfs in the UKIDSS Large Area Survey: The Substellar Companion Fraction

We present a near-infrared photometric search for unresolved substellar companions and debris disks around white dwarfs in the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey Large Area Survey. We cross-correlate the SDSS DR4 and McCook & Sion catalogues of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 P. R. Steele , M. R. Burleigh , P. D. Dobbie , R. F. Jameson , M. A. Barstow , R. P. Satterthwaite