First Data Releases of the VISTA Deep Extragalactic Observations (VIDEO) Survey in the Elais-S1 and CDFS Fields

Published: 04 Apr 2014
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VIDEO is a deep near-infrared survey which targets ~12 square degrees over the Elais-S1, XMM-LSS, and extended Chandra Deep Field South (CDFS) extragalactic fields. VIDEO belongs to the suite of six public surveys being conducted at the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA). First data releases of the Elais-S1 and CDFS fields have just been made available.

The Elais release (VIDEO-ES1 DR1) contains single-OB images in Z, H and Ks bands in the VIDEO-ES1 field along with the associated source lists taken between 6 October 2010 and 15 November 2011. Coverage of the full 3.0 square degrees of the ES1 field will be provided in future releases. Images and source lists can be queried and downloaded from the Science Archive Facility. The VIDEO-ES1 Data Release 1 is accompanied by a comprehensive description.

Thie CDFS release (VIDEO-CDFS DR1) contains single-OB images in Z, H and Ks bands in the VIDEO-CDFS1 field along with the associated source lists taken between 6 and 29 December 2011. Coverage over the full 4.5 square degrees of the CDFS field will be provided in future releases. Source lists and images can be queried and downloaded from the Science Archive Facility. The VIDEO-CDFS Data Release 1 is accompanied by a comprehensive description.