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Brown Dwarfs in the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Nigel Hambly
Nigel Hambly*
Affiliation:
Wide Field Astronomy Unit, Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ

Abstract

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During the final quarter of 2003, UKIRT will take delivery of WFCAM. This new wide–field camera will have a FOV of 0.2 square degrees, and is therefore well suited to large–scale survey work. A consortium of more than 60 astronomers has successfully bid for a large fraction of all UKIRT time over the next 5 years to undertake several public surveys using this new facility. These surveys are collectively known as the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS). In this short paper I will describe the project and review the prospects for BD research using UKIDSS data, highlighting some of the major science goals related to BDs that we hope will be achieved.

Type
Part 9. Future Prospects
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 211: Brown Dwarfs , 2003 , pp. 477 - 480
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001 

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