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Cycle 6 Information

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SURVEY Area [deg] Length [Month] Expos [ksec] m lim log #Gals Volume <z> Comments
All-sky (AIS) >30,000 4 0.1 20.5 7 1.5 0.2

Galactic caps first

GR2_List

Medium Imaging (MIS) 1000 2 1.5 23 6.5 ~1 0.6

SDSS, 2dF overlap

GR2_List

Deep Imaging (DIS) 80 4 30 25 7 ~1 0.85

Fields ObsStatusSummary

Ultra-Deep Image (UDIS) 4 1 200 26 5.5 0.05 0.9

Fields

Nearby Galaxy (NGS) 200 0.5 1.5 27.5 m 2.5 --- 0.001

Galaxy List

Medium Spectroscopic (MSS) 8 2 300 21-23 4.5 0.03 0.5

Centers of WSS

Deep Spectroscopic (DSS) 2 4 1500 22.5-24 4.5 0.04 0.9

Fields

                 

 

Deep Survey Fields

Region RA DEC #FIELDS [deg2] GALEX COROLLARY
DIS UIS MSS DSS 20 cm FIR NIR Opt X-ray
Deep Regions
Chandra Deep Field-S 53.128 -27.871 7 X X   X   SWIRE, GOODS ESO VIMOS C
COSMOS 150.12 2.2058 4 X X X         HST  
DEEPLENS 79.440 -48.99 6 X             DEEP Lensing  
ELAIS S-1 9.539 -43.990 15 X         SWIRE      
ELAIS N-1 243.404 54.984 10 X         SWIRE      
ELAIS N-2 249.212 41.039 5 X         SWIRE      
GALEX Low background TBD TBD ~3 X X              
Groth Strip 214.992 52.782 5 X X X     SIRTF   DEEP  
Lockman Hole 162.683 58.729 15 X         SWIRE      
NOAO Deep Wide Survey 219.156 35.171 12 X X   X   SIRTF   DWS  
SIRTF 1st Look 259.124 59.909 6 X   X     SIRTF   R-band  
XMM/LSS 36.661 -4.48 10 X X X     SWIRE   WDS, VIMOS X
Deep Targets
CFHTLSD4 333.783 -17.935 1 X             CFHT Legacy  
DEEP zone low extinction 253.0119 34.927 1 X             DEEP  
EISD1AB 343.389 -40.217 1 X             Euro Imaging  
HDF-N 189.21 62.198 1 X         GOODS     C
LBG DSF2237 339.964 11.878 1 X             Steidel LBG  
LBG Q2233 339.036 13.9395 1 X             Steidel LBG  
PHOENIX 17.794 -45.75 1 X       PHOENIX        
SA57 196.66 29.77 1 X                
VVDS22H 334.428 0.26 1 X             VIMOS  
 


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