The Messenger Astronomical Science

Exploring the Universe via the Wide, Deep Near-infrared Imaging ESO Public Survey SHARKS

Authors
  • Dannerbauer, Helmut [Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain; Department of Astrophysics, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain]
  • Carnero, Aurelio [Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain; Department of Astrophysics, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain]
  • Cross, Nicholas [Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, UK]
  • Gutierrez, Carlos M. [Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain; Department of Astrophysics, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain]

Section
Astronomical Science
Abstract

The ESO Public Survey Southern H-ATLAS Regions Ks-band Survey (SHARKS) comprises 300 square degrees of deep imaging at 2.2 microns (the Ks band) with the VISTA InfraRed CAMera (VIRCAM) at the 4-metre Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA). The first data release of the survey, comprising 5% of the data, was published via the ESO database on 31 January 2022. We describe the strategy and status of the first data release and present the data products. We discuss briefly different scientific areas being explored with the SHARKS data and conclude with an outline of planned data releases.


Dates
Created: 2022-06-01/2022-06-30
Length
4 pages

Cite this article:

Dannerbauer, H., Carnero, A., Cross, N., Gutierrez, C.; Exploring the Universe via the Wide, Deep Near-infrared Imaging ESO Public Survey SHARKS. The Messenger 187 (June 2022): 12–15. https://doi.org/10.18727/0722-6691/5265