Open AccessThe SuperCOSMOS Sky Survey – I. Introduction and description
Author(s) -
Hambly N.C.,
MacGillivray H.T.,
Read M.A.,
Tritton S.B.,
Thomson E.B.,
Kelly B.D.,
Morgan D.H.,
Smith R.E.,
Driver S.P.,
Williamson J.,
Parker Q.A.,
Hawkins M.R.S.,
Williams P.M.,
Lawrence A.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.058
H-Index - 383
eISSN - 1365-2966
pISSN - 0035-8711
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2001.04660.x
Subject(s) - sky , field (mathematics) , series (stratigraphy) , information retrieval , interface (matter) , data science , survey data collection , physics , computer science , astronomy , statistics , meteorology , paleontology , mathematics , pure mathematics , biology , capillary number , capillary action
In this, the first in a series of three papers concerning the SuperCOSMOS Sky Survey (SSS), we give an introduction and user guide to the survey programme. We briefly describe other wide‐field surveys and compare them with our own. We give examples of the data, and make a comparison of the accuracies of the various image parameters available with those from the other surveys providing similar data; we show that the SSS data base and interface offer advantages over these surveys. Some science applications of the data are also described and some limitations discussed. The series of three papers constitutes a comprehensive description and user guide for the SSS.