A preliminary database of DENIS point sources

Epchtein, N.; Deul, E.; Derriere, S.; Borsenberger, J.; Egret, D.; Simon, G.; Alard, C.; Balazs, L.G.; de Batz, D.B.; Cioni, M-R.L.; Copet, E.; Dennefeld, M.; Forveille, T.; Fouque, P.; Garzon, F.; Habing, H.J.; Holl, A.; Hron, J.; Kimeswenger, S.; Lacombe, F.; Le Bertre, T.; Loup, C.; Mamon, G.A.; Omont, A.; Paturel, G.; Robin, A.C.; Rouan, D.; Tiphene, D.; Vauglin, I.; Wagner, S.

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Author

Epchtein, N.

Deul, E.

Derriere, S.

Borsenberger, J.

Egret, D.

Simon, G.

Alard, C.

Balazs, L.G.

de Batz, D.B.

Cioni, M-R.L.

Copet, E.

Dennefeld, M.

Forveille, T.

Fouque, P.

Garzon, F.

Habing, H.J.

Holl, A.

Hron, J.

Kimeswenger, S.

Lacombe, F.

Le Bertre, T.

Loup, C.

Mamon, G.A.

Omont, A.

Paturel, G.

Robin, A.C.

Rouan, D.

Tiphene, D.

Vauglin, I.

Wagner, S.

Abstract

This paper announces the release at CDS of a substantial set of point sources detected by the DENIS project. DENIS is the first astronomical survey of the Southern sky in two near-infrared bands (J at 1.25 m, and Ks at 2:15 m) and one optical band (Gunn-i at 0.82 m), conducted by a European consortium, using the 1m telescope at ESO, La Silla (Chile). The first data release, described here, consists of a preliminary set of about 17 million extracted point sources, corresponding to 102 strips (2% of the Southern sky), and resulting from observations performed in 1996. Data are available through a World-Wide Web server at the CDS (Strasbourg astronomical Data Center): http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/denis.html.