Aegis

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Extended Groth Strip taken with Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys.[1]

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]

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 (AEGIS-X)[5]

See also

  • Extended Groth Strip – a visible image taken by Hubble of the region.

References

  1. ↑ "A Snapshot of Galactic Evolution". ESA/Hubble. 10 October 2011. http://spacetelescope.org/images/potw1141a/. Retrieved 11 October 2011. 
  2. ↑ AEGIS Papers retrieved February 10, 2011
  3. ↑ EGS Coverage
  4. ↑ "Official Project Site". http://aegis.ucolick.org/. 
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110811231439/http://astro.imperial.ac.uk/research/aegis/

External links

  • Official Project Site
  • Hubblesite News Release





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