Science projects
This is an overview of large science projects using Astro-WISE. Use the
navigation bar above or the boxes below to navigate. Access to project data is
regulated in our database by
database projects. An overview of all
database projects can be found
here.
Projects table
An table listing all projects supported by Astro-WISE, project managers and your membership status.
ComaLS
The core of the Coma Legacy survey is an HST ACS Treasury imaging survey of 164
orbits of the core and infall region of the richest local cluster, Coma. We
will observe samples of thousands of galaxies down to magnitude B=27.3 with the
aim of studying in detail the dwarf galaxy population which, according to
hierarchical models of galaxy formation, are the earliest galaxies to form in
the universe.
KIDS
KIDS, the KIlo-Degree Survey, is a 1500 square degree public imaging survey in
the Sloan colors (u',g',r',i',z') with patches in both the Northern and
Southern skies. The survey will use the OmegaCAM instrument mounted on the VST
(VLT Survey Telescope). It is expected to start early 2008.
OmegaTRANS
The Omegacam Transit Survey (OmegaTranS) is a program to detect extra-solar
planets using the transit technique. It is lead by a group of German, Italian,
and Dutch astronomers making use of the newly build 2.6m VLT Survey Telescope,
with its 1x1 degree optical CCD camera, Omegacam.
OmegaWHITE
OmegaWhite is a variability survey aimed at periods of less than 2 hours. Using
the wide-field camera OmegaCam on the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) 400 square
degrees will be monitored for 2 hours in g' and in addition colour information
will be obtained by imaging the same area in u', r', i' and narrow band He
(5015) and Halpha filters.
VESUVIO
The VESUVIO project is a multi-band, wide-field survey of nearby superclusters
of galaxies. Main scientific goals of the survey are the study of the
properties of the galaxy population in the whole range of environments, from
cluster cores to voids, and to study the transformations of these properties in
relation to the local density and to the properties of the diffuse medium, both
inter- and intra-cluster hot (X rays) and cold (HI) gas components.
Lofar
These pages give an overview of the activities to be performed by OmegaCEN as
part of the LOFAR project.
OmegaCAM GT
This page gives an overview of all projects which plan to make use of OmegaCAM
Guaranteed Time. Listed are the total number of nights allocated in 2008 and
2009. Note that these allocations might change. Links are given to the projects
which have already dedicated project pages on this Astro-WISE website.