KMTNet Synoptic Survey of Southern Sky (KS4) DR1 Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Chang S.-W.
  2. Im M.
  3. Jeong M.
  4. Kim J.
  5. Park B.
  6. Lee J.
  7. Buckley D.A.H.,Cooke J.
  8. Jung S.
  9. Kim D.-J.
  10. Kim J.H.
  11. Kim Y.
  12. Lee C.-U.
  13. Lee S.-K.,Paek G.S.H.
  14. Shin J.
  15. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present the first public data release (DR1) of the KMTNet Synoptic Survey of Southern Sky (KS4). This deep, wide-field imaging survey covers a southern footprint of -85{deg}<DEC<-28.8{deg} in the B, V, R, and I bands using a network of three 1.6-m telescopes. Although primarily designed to secure reference imaging for gravitational wave counterpart identification, DR1 delivers science-ready data for ~4000deg2 to enable a broad range of astrophysical research. The release includes deep co-added images reaching median 5{sigma} depths of 22.0-23.5 AB mag. It is accompanied by two source catalogs containing over 200 million sources with SNR>5: an I-band-selected forced-photometry catalog optimized for consistent colors, and a band-merged catalog offering enhanced completeness. Validation demonstrates robust data quality, characterized by mean astrometric offsets of +0.054+/-0.129arcsec in RA and -0.015+/-0.120arcsec in DEC relative to Gaia DR3. Photometric uniformity for point sources is maintained within +/-0.03mag relative to Gaia XP for 97.5-99.8% of the footprint across all four bands. A key advantage of KS4 is its uniform and contiguous spatial coverage. It extends to fainter magnitudes than other uniform surveys while filling irregular gaps in existing deep datasets.

Keywords
  1. infrared-photometry
  2. visible-astronomy
  3. broad-band-photometry
  4. surveys
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2026JKAS...59..179C
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History

2026-05-04T09:07:51Z
Resource record created
2026-05-04T09:07:51Z
Created
2026-05-11T07:12:40Z
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