DECam Legacy Survey Announces Third Data Release
The DECam Legacy Survey (DECaLS) has released reduced images and source catalogs covering between 4000 and 8000 square degrees of sky in three wavelength bands. Dive into survey images and explore the Universe with the survey’s Imagine Sky Viewer. DECaLS, which is being carried out on the CTIO Blanco telescope, is one of three public surveys that will jointly image 14,000 square degrees of sky to provide targets for the upcoming Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument cosmology project at the Kitt Peak Mayall telescope.
Credit:DECaLS
About the Image
| Id: | noaoann16021a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | Nov. 15, 2016 |
| Related announcements: | noaoann16021 |
| Size: | 2340 x 1800 px |
About the Object
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 8 51 43.83 |
| Position (Dec): | -2° 8' 3.16" |
| Field of view: | 4.63 x 3.56 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is -0.0° left of vertical |
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Colors & filters
| Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical G | 486 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
| Optical R | 646 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
| Infrared Z | 920 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |