The Wide Angle Survey
PI: Dr Richard McMahon
Summary of Programme
We propose to carry out the first major fully digital, multi-epoch
and multi-waveband wide angle survey over a significant area (more
than 100 square degrees) of sky. The survey parameters have been
carefully chosen to maximise the scientific impact without
compromising the individual science goals. The proposed survey
encompasses a wide range of strategic areas of topical and future
interest, ranging from the determination of cosmological parameters to
searches for Solar System objects. Optimal use of the INT WFC will
allow exploration of new areas of parameter space with respect to
currently available wide area survey data, including:
- enhanced dynamic range and photometric precision
- significantly wider wavelength coverage
- the attainment of lower surface brightness levels
- digital astrometric capabilities
- in depth exploitation of temporal variability signatures
This enhancement over currently achievable survey capabilities will
lead to enormous advances on a wide range of astrophysical
fronts. Although this proposal is targeted at a series of specific
goals, we anticipate that by our judicious selection of survey
passbands, exposure times, observing strategy and survey regions, the
data will be readily usable for a much wider series of improtant
astronomical applications. This will maintain and extend the UK and
NL's pre-eminence in wide field survey astronomy.
The
Wide Angle Survey homepage gives more information about
this project.
The complete application
is available for download in gzipped postscript format.
This page last updated: 12 Jun 1998 by Nic Walton
( naw@ing.iac.es )
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