Bibcode
Epchtein, N.; Deul, E.; Derriere, S.; Borsenberger, J.; Egret, D.; Simon, G.; Alard, C.; Balázs, L. G.; de Batz, B.; Cioni, M.-R.; Copet, E.; Dennefeld, M.; Forveille, T.; Fouqué, P.; Garzón, F.; Habing, H. J.; Holl, A.; Hron, J.; Kimeswenger, S.; Lacombe, F.; Le Bertre, T.; Loup, C.; Mamon, G. A.; Omont, A.; Paturel, G.; Persi, P.; Robin, A. C.; Rouan, D.; Tiphène, D.; Vauglin, I.; Wagner, S. J.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.349, p.236-242 (1999)
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Description
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 mu m,
and K_s at 2.15 mu m) and one optical band (Gunn-i at 0.82 mu 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}. Based upon observations
collected at the European Southern Observatory, La Silla, Chile