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Wolf, Christian; Onken, Christopher; Luvaul, Lance; Schmidt, Brian; Bessell, Michael; Chang, Seo-Won; Da Costa, Gary; Mackey, Dougal; Murphy, Simon; Shao, Li; Smillie, Jon; White, Marc

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Most of SkyMapper's observing time is now dedicated to the Main Survey. The survey scheduler aims to finish a field mostly within one moon period. A first visit in dark conditions establishes a colour sequence with all six bands observed in the space of 20 minutes. Further visits in subsequent nights under dark or grey sky conditions add exposure pairs in g- and r-band, while in grey or bright conditions pairs in i- and z-band are added. A second colour sequence in dark conditions finishes the...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorWolf, Christian
dc.contributor.authorOnken, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorLuvaul, Lance
dc.contributor.authorSchmidt, Brian
dc.contributor.authorBessell, Michael
dc.contributor.authorChang, Seo-Won
dc.contributor.authorDa Costa, Gary
dc.contributor.authorMackey, Dougal
dc.contributor.authorMurphy, Simon
dc.contributor.authorShao, Li
dc.contributor.authorSmillie, Jon
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Marc
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-01T07:37:06Z
dc.date.available2017-08-01T07:37:06Z
dc.date.created2017
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/122861
dc.description.abstractMost of SkyMapper's observing time is now dedicated to the Main Survey. The survey scheduler aims to finish a field mostly within one moon period. A first visit in dark conditions establishes a colour sequence with all six bands observed in the space of 20 minutes. Further visits in subsequent nights under dark or grey sky conditions add exposure pairs in g- and r-band, while in grey or bright conditions pairs in i- and z-band are added. A second colour sequence in dark conditions finishes the set. Further pairs in i- and z-band are also observed during astronomical twilight. These twilight observations may be separated by many months from the night-time visits.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.publisherCanberra, ACT : The Australian National University
dc.rightsAuthor/s retain copyright
dc.source.urihttp://skymapper.anu.edu.au/surveys/skymapper-southern-sky-survey/
dc.titleSkyMapper Main Survey
dc.typeDataset
local.type.statusMetadata only
local.contributor.affiliationThe Australian National University
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
CollectionsANU Skymapper
ANU Research Publications

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