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Photometric Calibration of the Southern Sky Surveys

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Digitised Optical Sky Surveys

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library ((ASSL,volume 174))

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We describe a project proposed by a large consortium of UK and Australian surveyors with the aim of obtaining accurate B and R photometric calibrations for all 270 UK Schmidt fields in the South Galactic Cap. This will have major benefits for all aspects of survey astronomy, including studies of the large-scale structure of the universe, galaxy evolution, quasar surveys, galactic structure, rare-object searches, and optical identifications of objects in surveys at other wavebands, such as the ROSAT, MIT/Parkes, and IRAS surveys.

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  1. Department of Physics, Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3RH, UK

    S. J. Maddox & W. J. Sutherland

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Maddox, S.J., Sutherland, W.J. (1992). Photometric Calibration of the Southern Sky Surveys. In: MacGillivray, H.T., Thomson, E.B. (eds) Digitised Optical Sky Surveys. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 174. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2472-0_8

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