A preliminary database of DENIS point sources
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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.
Attention
2299/2222
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.