The Second and Third Data Releases from the UKIRT Hemisphere Survey

The Second and Third Data Releases from the UKIRT Hemisphere Survey

The UKIRT Hemisphere Survey (UHS) is an ongoing large-area near-infrared Northern Hemisphere survey conducted using the Wide Field Camera (WFCAM). Its primary objective is to provide contiguous coverage between declinations of 0° and +60° by combining new imaging with previous UKIDSS surveys including the LAS, GPS and GCS.

DR2 was focused on the K-band observations but also contained a small amount of remaining or reobserved J-band observations. Similarly, DR3 was focused on H-band observations and contains a small amount of new or reobserved K-band observations. After accounting for deprecated frames and undergoing quality control the DR2 merged catalogue contains ~513 million sources. The DR3 merged catalogue contains ~560 million sources. Below are coverage maps of detections per square degree in H and K-bands respectively. Areas previously covered by UKIDSS LAS, GPS and GCS are indicated on both.

UHS H-band DR3 coverage map.
UHS K-band coverage map, both DR2 and DR3 are included.

You can see a current coverage chart in each band individually or altogether at this link: http://casu.ast.cam.ac.uk/wfcamsp/uhs

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