UltraVISTA survey
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UltraVISTA survey is a deep near-infrared astronomical imaging survey of the COSMOS field designed to study galaxy formation and evolution in the early universe.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical survey
ⓘ
deep extragalactic survey ⓘ near-infrared imaging survey ⓘ |
| band | near-infrared bands ⓘ |
| coordinatesSystem | equatorial coordinates ⓘ |
| cosmologicalRedshiftRange | up to redshift z greater than 6 ⓘ |
| dataAccess |
ESO Science Archive
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
publicly available survey ⓘ |
| dataProduct |
deep near-infrared images
ⓘ
multi-epoch imaging ⓘ public data releases ⓘ |
| depth | very deep near-infrared imaging ⓘ |
| enables |
photometric redshift estimation
ⓘ
selection of high-redshift galaxy candidates ⓘ stellar mass measurements of galaxies ⓘ |
| field | COSMOS field ⓘ |
| filter |
H band
ⓘ
J band ⓘ Ks band ⓘ NB118 narrow-band filter ⓘ Y band ⓘ |
| hostInstitution | ESO VISTA Public Surveys program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Southern Hemisphere sky ⓘ |
| observatory | Paranal Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organization | European Southern Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryGoal |
study early universe galaxies
ⓘ
study galaxy evolution ⓘ study galaxy formation ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
COSMOS survey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
VISTA telescope public surveys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scienceCase |
cosmic star-formation history
ⓘ
evolution of the galaxy stellar mass function ⓘ high-redshift galaxy populations ⓘ large-scale structure at high redshift ⓘ luminous and massive galaxies in the early universe ⓘ mass assembly of galaxies ⓘ quiescent galaxies at high redshift ⓘ star-forming galaxies at high redshift ⓘ |
| skyCoverage | COSMOS 2 square degree field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startDate | around 2009 ⓘ |
| strategy |
deep-wide coverage
ⓘ
ultra-deep stripes ⓘ |
| surveyType | imaging survey ⓘ |
| telescope | VISTA telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesInstrument | VIRCAM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wavelengthRange | near-infrared ⓘ |
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