The UKIDSS survey is the next generation infrared survey, a successor
to 2MASS. It will ultimately cover 7000 square degrees in the
northern sky at both high and low Galactic latitudes and goes about
three magnitudes deeper than 2MASS in the coverage area. Most data is
taken in the J, H and K bands. A Y band is available in some regions.
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UKIDSS is comprised of several distinct surveys in different regions of the
sky. Of primary interest to <i>SkyView</i> users (since they have the largest
sky coverage) are the Large Area Survey, the Galactic Plane Survey, and the
Galactic Clusters Survey. There are deep and ultadeep surveys which cover
much smaller fractions of the sky. The planned coverage for the UKIDSS
surveys may be seen at the <a href="http://wsa.roe.ac.uk/theSurveys.html">
UKIDSS survey page</a>. All UKIDSS data products are published by the Wide-Field
Astronomy Unit (WFAU) at the University of Edinburgh through the
<a href="http://wsa.roe.ac.uk/">WFCAM Science Archive (WSA)</a> which includes
more detailed coverage information for each data release.
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<i>SkyView</i> currently uses the DR11 data release. Many thanks to
the WSA team at WFAU for providing an interface to make all the latest
data easily accessed. Note that coverage is not uniform across the different bands so
that at a given point there might be H and K band data, but nothing in the J band. Provenance: UKIDSS Project. This is a service of NASA HEASARC.