The WFCAM Science Archive

Nigel Hambly; Ross Collins; Nicholas Cross; Robert Mann; Mike Read; Eckhard Sutorius; I. Bond; J. Bryant; J.~P. Emerson; A. Lawrence; L. Rimoldini; J.~M. Stewart; P.~M. Williams; A. Adamson; P. Hirst; S. Dye; S.~J. Warren

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12700.x

The WFCAM Science Archive

Nigel Hambly, Ross Collins, Nicholas Cross, Robert Mann, Mike Read, Eckhard Sutorius, I. Bond, J. Bryant, J.~P. Emerson, A. Lawrence, L. Rimoldini, J.~M. Stewart, P.~M. Williams, A. Adamson, P. Hirst, S. Dye, S.~J. Warren

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We describe the WFCAM Science Archive, which is the primary point of access for users of data from the wide-field infrared camera WFCAM on the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT), especially science catalogue products from the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey. We describe the database design with emphasis on those aspects of the system that enable users to fully exploit the survey data sets in a variety of different ways. We give details of the database-driven curation applications that take data from the standard nightly pipeline-processed and calibrated files for the production of science-ready survey data sets. We describe the fundamentals of querying relational databases with a set of astronomy usage examples, and illustrate the results.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	637-662
Number of pages	26
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	384
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12700.x
Publication status	Published - 21 Feb 2008

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astronomical data bases: miscellaneous , surveys , stars: general , galaxies: general , cosmology: observations , infrared: general

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Hambly, N., Collins, R., Cross, N., Mann, R., Read, M., Sutorius, E., Bond, I., Bryant, J., Emerson, J. P., Lawrence, A., Rimoldini, L., Stewart, J. M., Williams, P. M., Adamson, A., Hirst, P., Dye, S., & Warren, S. J. (2008). The WFCAM Science Archive. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 384(2), 637-662. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12700.x

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