VISTA Kilo-degree Infrared Galaxy survey

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The VISTA Kilo-degree Infrared Galaxy survey (VIKING) is a wide-area near-infrared astronomical survey mapping large regions of the sky to study galaxy evolution, large-scale structure, and cosmology.

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instanceOf astronomical survey
galaxy survey
near-infrared sky survey
abbreviation VIKING NERFINISHED
band H band
J band
Ks band
Y band
Z band
complementsSurvey KiDS NERFINISHED
Kilo-Degree Survey NERFINISHED
optical surveys
dataAccess ESO Science Archive NERFINISHED
dataProduct imaging
dataReleaseType public survey
dataType photometric
enablesStudy galaxy clustering as function of redshift
galaxy luminosity functions
large-scale structure tomography
mass-to-light ratios of galaxies
photometric redshifts
stellar population synthesis in galaxies
weak gravitational lensing support
hostGalaxyType extragalactic fields
instrumentFullName VISTA InfraRed CAMera NERFINISHED
observatoryLocation Paranal Observatory NERFINISHED
observatoryOperator European Southern Observatory NERFINISHED
primaryScienceGoal cosmology studies
study galaxy evolution
study large-scale structure of the Universe
scienceCase constrain cosmological parameters
constrain dark energy
identify high-redshift quasars
measure galaxy clustering
study galaxy star-formation histories
study galaxy stellar masses
skyCoverage wide-area
skyCoverageUnit square degrees
surveyType multi-band imaging survey
targetPopulation Milky Way stars
galaxies
high-redshift galaxies
quasars
telescopeFullName Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy NERFINISHED
usesInstrument VIRCAM NERFINISHED
usesTelescope VISTA telescope NERFINISHED
wavelengthRange near-infrared

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