The UKIRT Hemisphere Survey: Definition and Full 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., and others. (2017) The UKIRT Hemisphere Survey: Definition and Full J-band Data Release. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 473 (4). pp. 5113-5125. ISSN 0035-8711. (doi:10.1093/mnras/stx2622) (KAR id:62710)

PDF Author's Accepted Manuscript Language: English
Download this file (PDF/535kB)
Request a format suitable for use with assistive technology e.g. a screenreader
PDF Pre-print Language: English
Download this file (PDF/603kB)	Preview
Request a format suitable for use with assistive technology e.g. a screenreader
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2622

Abstract

This paper defines the UK Infra-red Telescope (UKIRT) Hemisphere Survey (UHS) and release of the complete J-band dataset. The UHS provides continuous 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 a new additional ~12,700 sq.deg area not covered by UKIDSS. This data release 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.

Item Type:	Article
DOI/Identification number:	10.1093/mnras/stx2622
Uncontrolled keywords:	Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy > QB460 Astrophysics
Divisions:	Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User:	Dirk Froebrich
Date Deposited:	14 Aug 2017 13:36 UTC
Last Modified:	10 Dec 2022 03:56 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/62710 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

University of Kent Author Information

Froebrich, D..

Creator's ORCID:
CReDIT Contributor Roles:

Depositors only (login required):

Altmetric

Download Statistics

Total unique views for this document in KAR since July 2020. For more details click on the image.