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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
earth and planetary sciences
A pilot study for the SCUBA-2 'All-Sky' survey
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 415, No. 2, Year 2011
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Description
We have carried out a pilot study for the Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array 2 (SCUBA-2) 'All-Sky' Survey (SASSy), a wide and shallow mapping project at 850μm, designed to find rare objects, both Galactic and extragalactic. Two distinct sets of exploratory observations were undertaken and used to test the SASSy approach and data-reduction pipeline. The first was a 05 × 05 map around the nearby galaxy NGC 2559. The galaxy was easily detected at 156mJy, but no other convincing sources are present in the map. Comparison with other galaxies with similar wavelength coverage indicates that NGC 2559 has relatively warm dust. The second observations cover 1deg2 around the W5-E Hii region. As well as diffuse structure in the map, a filtering approach was able to extract 27 compact sources with signal-to-noise ratio greater than 6. By matching with data at other wavelengths we can see that the SCUBA-2 data can be used to discriminate the colder cores. Together these observations show that the SASSy project will be able to meet its original goals of detecting new bright sources which will be ideal for follow-up observations with other facilities. © 2011 The Authors Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society © 2011 RAS.
Authors & Co-Authors
MacKenzie, Todd P.
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Braglia, Filiberto G.
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Gibb, Andrew G.
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Scott, Douglas J.
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Jenness, Tim
United States, Honolulu
University Hawaii Institute for Astronomy
Serjeant, Stephen B.G.
United Kingdom, Milton Keynes
The Open University
Thompson, Mark A.
United Kingdom, Hatfield
University of Hertfordshire
Berry, David S.
United States, Honolulu
University Hawaii Institute for Astronomy
Chapin, Edward L.
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Chrysostomou, Antonio C.
United States, Honolulu
University Hawaii Institute for Astronomy
Clements, David L.
United Kingdom, London
Imperial College London
Coppin, Kristen E.K.
Canada, Montreal
Université Mcgill
United Kingdom, Durham
Durham University
Evans, Aneurin
United Kingdom, Keele
Keele University
Friberg, Per
United States, Honolulu
University Hawaii Institute for Astronomy
Greaves, Jane S.
United Kingdom, St Andrews
University of st Andrews
Hill, Tracey
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Astrophysique, Instrumentation et Modélisation de Paris-saclay
Holland, Wayne S.
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Uk Astronomy Technology Centre
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
Ivison, Robert J.
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Uk Astronomy Technology Centre
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
Knapen, Johan H.
Spain, San Cristobal de la Laguna
Instituto Astrofisico de Canarias
Spain, San Cristobal de la Laguna
Universidad de la Laguna
Jackson, Neal J.F.
United Kingdom, Manchester
The University of Manchester
Joncas, Gilles
Canada, Quebec
Université Laval
Mortier, Angela M.J.
United Kingdom, London
Imperial College London
Pearson, Christopher P.
United Kingdom, Milton Keynes
The Open University
United Kingdom, Didcot
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Pestalozzi, Michele R.
Italy, Rome
Istituto Nazionale Di Astrofisica, Rome
Pope, Alexandra
United States, Amherst
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Urquhart, James S.
Australia, Canberra
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Vaccari, Mattia
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Weferling, Bernd
Germany, Bamberg
Universität Bamberg
White, Glenn J.
United Kingdom, Milton Keynes
The Open University
United Kingdom, Didcot
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Zhu, Ming
China, Beijing
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Statistics
Citations: 14
Authors: 30
Affiliations: 26
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18840.x
ISSN:
00358711
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Case-Control Study
Exploratory Study
Study Approach
Quantitative