COSMOS field
E822856
The COSMOS field is a well-studied, two-square-degree region of the sky extensively observed across multiple wavelengths to investigate the formation and evolution of galaxies and large-scale cosmic structure.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical survey field
ⓘ
deep extragalactic field ⓘ multiwavelength survey region ⓘ |
| approximateArea | 2 square degrees ⓘ |
| centralRoleIn | multiwavelength extragalactic cosmology ⓘ |
| contains | millions of detected galaxies ⓘ |
| cosmicVarianceProperty | designed to minimize cosmic variance for structure studies ⓘ |
| dataPubliclyAvailable | true ⓘ |
| hasDataProducts |
X-ray source catalogs
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multiwavelength photometric catalogs ⓘ photometric redshift catalogs ⓘ radio source catalogs ⓘ spectroscopic redshift catalogs ⓘ weak-lensing mass maps ⓘ |
| locatedIn | constellation Sextans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedWith |
ALMA
NERFINISHED
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CFHT NERFINISHED ⓘ Chandra X-ray Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ GALEX NERFINISHED ⓘ Herschel Space Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ Hubble Space Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ Keck Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ NOAO telescopes ⓘ Spitzer Space Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ Subaru Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ UKIRT NERFINISHED ⓘ VLT NERFINISHED ⓘ Very Large Array NERFINISHED ⓘ XMM-Newton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSurvey | COSMOS survey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryGoal |
study galaxy formation and evolution
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study large-scale structure of the Universe ⓘ |
| surveyDepth | deep imaging to high redshift ⓘ |
| surveyNameAcronym | Cosmic Evolution Survey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
active galactic nucleus studies
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cosmic star-formation history studies ⓘ dark matter distribution studies ⓘ galaxy cluster identification ⓘ high-redshift galaxy studies ⓘ large-scale structure mapping ⓘ weak gravitational lensing studies ⓘ |
| wavelengthCoverage |
X-ray
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far-infrared ⓘ mid-infrared ⓘ near-infrared ⓘ optical ⓘ radio ⓘ ultraviolet ⓘ |
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