VISTA Hemisphere Survey
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The VISTA Hemisphere Survey is a large-scale near-infrared sky survey using the VISTA telescope to map the entire southern celestial hemisphere for studies of Galactic structure, nearby stars, and distant galaxies.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
VISTA public survey
ⓘ
astronomical survey ⓘ |
| abbreviation | VHS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedInstrument | VIRCAM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bandpassType | broad-band near-infrared ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem |
Galactic coordinates
ⓘ
equatorial coordinates ⓘ |
| dataArchive |
ESO Science Archive Facility
NERFINISHED
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VISTA Science Archive NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dataProduct |
calibrated images
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source catalogues ⓘ |
| dataReleasePolicy | public survey ⓘ |
| fullName | VISTA Hemisphere Survey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goal | map the entire southern celestial hemisphere in near-infrared ⓘ |
| hostFacility | Very Large Telescope site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observatoryCountry | Chile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryBand |
H band
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J band ⓘ Ks band ⓘ Y band ⓘ |
| relatedSurvey |
VISTA Deep Extragalactic Observations Survey
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VISTA Kilo-degree Infrared Galaxy survey NERFINISHED ⓘ VISTA Magellanic Clouds Survey NERFINISHED ⓘ VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea NERFINISHED ⓘ VISTA survey of the Galactic bulge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scienceGoal |
identify nearby stars and brown dwarfs
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improve Milky Way extinction maps ⓘ provide infrared counterparts to optical surveys ⓘ search for high-redshift quasars ⓘ study Galactic structure ⓘ study distant galaxies ⓘ support cosmological large-scale structure studies ⓘ |
| skyCoverage |
high-Galactic-latitude southern sky
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southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| startApproximate | around 2010 ⓘ |
| supportsScience |
Dark Energy Survey follow-up
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Gaia mission cross-matching ⓘ LSST precursor and complement ⓘ |
| surveyType | imaging survey ⓘ |
| targetPopulation |
Milky Way stellar populations
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extragalactic sources ⓘ |
| telescopeAperture | 4.1-metre ⓘ |
| telescopeLocation |
Cerro Paranal
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Paranal Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| telescopeSiteOperator | European Southern Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesTelescope | VISTA telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wavelengthRange | near-infrared ⓘ |
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