The Impact of Near-Infrared Sky Surveys on Galactic and Extragalactic Astronomy: Proceedings of the 3rd Euroconference on Near-Infrared Surveys Held a (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789401061100)

Thirty years after the pioneering enterprise of Neugebauer and collabo- rators, the astronomical sky is surveyed anew in the near infrared range with a gain in sensitivity greater than 4 orders of magnitude. Data have started to come through the "pipelines" routinely and at the turn of the century, the astronomical community will be provided with immense databases that will eventually contain accurate positions and 3- colour (or even 4-colour after merging DENIS and 2MASS data) photometry for hundreds million of stars and millions of galaxies. This fantastic harvest of data will eventually result of the huge effort that has been deployed on both sides of the Antlantic to promote 2 major projects, 2MASS and DENIS. rd The basic aim of this 3 Euroconference (and last in the series), was to put in close contact the scientific teams of 2MASS and DENIS in order to present and discuss the first significant results of the two surveys and to start promoting possible future plans

Author: N. Epchtein
ISBN-10: 9401061106
ISBN-13: 9789401061100
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 11/05/2012
Pages: 282
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d