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SuperCOSMOS Sky Surveys

️Wed Aug 27 2008

These pages provide on-line access to the digitised data derived from SuperCOSMOS scans of photographic Schmidt survey plates.

Users can extract images (pixel data) up to 15 arcmin across and/or object catalogues covering up to 100 sq. degrees. The data cover three wavebands (BRI), with one colour (R) represented at two epochs.

First-time visitors are encouraged to read the Introduction and relevant pages under Documentation.

The examples page is a good starting point if you're unfamiliar with astronomical coordinates and explains how to extract images of some interesting objects.


(a) small-area image extraction example		(b) two-degree catalogue extraction example

WFAU, Institute for Astronomy,
Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill
Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK

M.Read@roe.ac.uk
27/8/2008