The UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS): Origins and Highlights

Andy Lawrence

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-7432-2_25

The UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS): Origins and Highlights

Andy Lawrence^*

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School of Physics and Astronomy

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Abstract

UKIDSS is now roughly half finished, covering several thousand square degrees, and expected to complete by the middle of 2012. So far 13.5 billion rows of data have been downloaded by several hundred users, resulting in 154 publications concerning high-z quasars, the nearest and coolest brown dwarfs, the evolution of galaxies, the sub-stellar mass function, and many other topics. I summarise the origins and status of UKIDSS, and briefly describe some scientific highlights.

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-Verlag
Pages	271-278
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	978-94-007-7431-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7432-2_25
Publication status	Published - 2013

Publication series

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

Keywords

WIDE-FIELD CAMERA
LUMINOSITY FUNCTION
PHOTOMETRIC SYSTEM
DISCOVERY
2MASS

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Lawrence, A. (2013). The UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS): Origins and Highlights. In A. Adamson, J. Davies, & Robson (Eds.), THIRTY YEARS OF ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERY WITH UKIRT: THE SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM INFRARED TELESCOPE (pp. 271-278). (Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings; Vol. 37). Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7432-2_25

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The UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) : Origins and Highlights. / Lawrence, Andy.

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-Verlag, 2013. p. 271-278 (Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings; Vol. 37).

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