SIMON DYE Simon.Dye@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Astrophysics
The UKIRT Hemisphere Survey: definition and J-band data release
Dye, S.; Lawrence, A.; Read, M.A.; Fan, X.; Kerr, T.; Varricatt, W.; Furnell, K.E.; Edge, A.C.; Irwin, M.; Hambly, N.; Lucas, P.; Almaini, O.; Chambers, K.; Green, R.; Hewett, P.; Liu, M.C.; McGreer, I.; Best, W.; Zhang, Z.; Sutorius, E.; Froebrich, D.; Magnier, E.; Hasinger, G.; Lederer, S.M.; Bold, M.; Tedds, J.A.
Authors
A. Lawrence
M.A. Read
X. Fan
T. Kerr
W. Varricatt
K.E. Furnell
A.C. Edge
M. Irwin
N. Hambly
P. Lucas
OMAR ALMAINI omar.almaini@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Astrophysics
K. Chambers
R. Green
P. Hewett
M.C. Liu
I. McGreer
W. Best
Z. Zhang
E. Sutorius
D. Froebrich
E. Magnier
G. Hasinger
S.M. Lederer
M. Bold
J.A. Tedds
Abstract
This paper defines the UK Infra-Red Telescope (UKIRT) Hemisphere Survey (UHS) and release of the remaining ∼12 700 deg2 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◦ to 60◦ 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 include 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 deg2 area. 98 per cent of the data in this release have passed quality control criteria. The remaining 2 per cent have been scheduled for re-observation. The median 5σ point source sensitivity of the released data is 19.6mag (Vega). The median full width at half-maximum of the point spread function across the data set is 0.75 arcsec. In this paper, we outline the survey management, data acquisition, processing and calibration, quality control and archiving as well as summarizing the characteristics of the released data products. The data are initially available to a limited consortium with a world-wide release scheduled for 2018 August.
Citation
Dye, S., Lawrence, A., Read, M., Fan, X., Kerr, T., Varricatt, W., …Tedds, J. (2018). The UKIRT Hemisphere Survey: definition and J-band data release. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 473(4), 5113-5125. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2622
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Oct 3, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Oct 9, 2017 |
Publication Date | Feb 1, 2018 |
Deposit Date | Dec 20, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Dec 20, 2017 |
Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Print ISSN | 0035-8711 |
Electronic ISSN | 1365-2966 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 473 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 5113-5125 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2622 |
Keywords | catalogues, surveys, infrared |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/908986 |
Publisher URL | https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/473/4/5113/4411842 |
Additional Information | This article has been accepted for publication in © 2017 The Authors. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. |
Contract Date | Dec 20, 2017 |
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