DECam Legacy Survey

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astronomical survey imaging survey wide-field sky survey

The DECam Legacy Survey is a wide-field astronomical imaging project that uses the Dark Energy Camera to map large areas of the sky for studies of galaxy evolution, cosmology, and targets for spectroscopic surveys.

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Label	Occurrences
DECam Legacy Survey canonical	1
DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astronomical survey ⓘ imaging survey ⓘ wide-field sky survey ⓘ
abbreviation	DECaLS ⓘ
band	g-band ⓘ r-band ⓘ z-band ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Beijing–Arizona Sky Survey ⓘ Mayall z-band Legacy Survey ⓘ
cosmologicalUse	constrain dark energy models ⓘ measure baryon acoustic oscillations ⓘ
dataAccess	online archive ⓘ public ⓘ
dataProduct	calibrated images ⓘ source catalogs ⓘ
dataRelease	DR1 ⓘ DR2 ⓘ DR3 ⓘ DR4 ⓘ DR5 ⓘ DR6 ⓘ DR7 ⓘ DR8 ⓘ DR9 ⓘ
hostInstitution	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ⓘ National Optical Astronomy Observatory ⓘ
location	Chile ⓘ
observatory	Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory ⓘ
partOf	DECam Legacy Survey self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument ⓘ surface form: Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument Legacy Imaging Surveys
primaryScienceGoal	provide targets for spectroscopic surveys ⓘ support the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument survey ⓘ
relatedProject	Dark Energy Survey ⓘ Sloan Digital Sky Survey ⓘ
scienceGoal	map large areas of the sky ⓘ study cosmology ⓘ study galaxy evolution ⓘ
skyCoverage	Northern Galactic Cap ⓘ Southern Galactic Cap ⓘ
surveyType	ground-based survey ⓘ
telescope	Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope ⓘ surface form: Blanco 4-meter telescope
timeframe	2010s ⓘ
usedFor	galaxy clustering analyses ⓘ large-scale structure studies ⓘ searches for rare astronomical objects ⓘ target selection for DESI ⓘ weak lensing studies ⓘ
usesInstrument	Dark Energy Camera ⓘ
wavelength	optical ⓘ

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Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope → associatedSurvey → DECam Legacy Survey ⓘ

DECam Legacy Survey → partOf → DECam Legacy Survey self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys