AEGIS (astronomy)
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AEGIS, or the All-Wavelength Extended Groth Strip International Survey, is a multi-wavelength astronomical survey of a patch of the sky with low extinction and zodiacal scattering. The purpose of the survey is to study the physical processes and evolution of galaxies at redshift z ~ 1. As of February 2011 more than 80 research papers have been published based on data from the survey.[2]
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[edit] Observatories
AEGIS makes use of multiple terrestrial and space based observatories to conduct the survey. These observatories make overlapping scans of the survey area[3]. The primary telescopes are[4]:
- Very Large Array
- Spitzer Space Telescope
- Palomar Observatory
- Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
- Keck Observatory
- Hubble Space Telescope
- GALEX
- Chandra X-ray Observatory
[edit] See also
- Extended Groth Strip – a visible image taken by Hubble of the region.
[edit] References
- ^ "A Snapshot of Galactic Evolution". ESA/Hubble. 10 October 2011. http://spacetelescope.org/images/potw1141a/. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
- ^ AEGIS Papers retrieved February 10, 2011
- ^ EGS Coverage
- ^ Official Project Site
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