Discovery of Variables in WFCAM and VISTA Data

Nicholas Cross; Nigel Hambly; Ross Collins; Eckhard Sutorius; Mike Read; Rob Blake

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-7432-2_17

Discovery of Variables in WFCAM and VISTA Data

Nicholas Cross^*, Nigel Hambly, Ross Collins, Eckhard Sutorius, Mike Read, Rob Blake

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School of Physics and Astronomy

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The advent of WFCAM on UKIRT has allowed high-resolution (sub-arcsecond), multi-epoch surveys of medium sized (tens of square degrees) areas of sky in the near infrared for the first time. At the Wide Field Astronomy Unit in Edinburgh we have built a science archive to allow users easy access to all WFCAM data: UKIDSS surveys, large campaigns and PI data. As part of our work we have designed and built tables and software that allow users to work with multi-epoch data: a table of motions and statistics that allows users to select objects that are variable in different ways and a table that allows easy generation of light-curves. We will process VISTA data in much the same way, but VISTA will extend these surveys to cover hundreds of square degrees.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	THIRTY YEARS OF ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERY WITH UKIRT: THE SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM INFRARED TELESCOPE
Editors	A Adamson, J Davies, Robson
Place of Publication	NEW YORK
Publisher	Springer
Pages	193-199
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	978-94-007-7431-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7432-2_17
Publication status	Published - 2013

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Name	Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings
Publisher	SPRINGER
Volume	37
ISSN (Print)	1570-6591

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SKY SURVEY

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Cross, N., Hambly, N., Collins, R., Sutorius, E., Read, M., & Blake, R. (2013). Discovery of Variables in WFCAM and VISTA Data. In A. Adamson, J. Davies, & Robson (Eds.), THIRTY YEARS OF ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERY WITH UKIRT: THE SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM INFRARED TELESCOPE (pp. 193-199). (Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings; Vol. 37). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7432-2_17

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Cross, N , Hambly, N , Collins, R , Sutorius, E , Read, M & Blake, R 2013, Discovery of Variables in WFCAM and VISTA Data. in A Adamson, J Davies & Robson (eds), THIRTY YEARS OF ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERY WITH UKIRT: THE SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM INFRARED TELESCOPE. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, vol. 37, Springer, NEW YORK, pp. 193-199. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7432-2_17

Discovery of Variables in WFCAM and VISTA Data. / Cross, Nicholas ; Hambly, Nigel ; Collins, Ross et al.
THIRTY YEARS OF ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERY WITH UKIRT: THE SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM INFRARED TELESCOPE. ed. / A Adamson; J Davies; Robson. NEW YORK: Springer, 2013. p. 193-199 (Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings; Vol. 37).

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Cross N , Hambly N , Collins R , Sutorius E , Read M, Blake R. Discovery of Variables in WFCAM and VISTA Data. In Adamson A, Davies J, Robson, editors, THIRTY YEARS OF ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERY WITH UKIRT: THE SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM INFRARED TELESCOPE. NEW YORK: Springer. 2013. p. 193-199. (Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings). doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-7432-2_17

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