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most citedOverview of the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys

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astro-ph.IM2024

GHOST Reduced Data Products for the Gemini Observatory Community and Beyond

Vinicius M. Placco, David Herrera, Brian M. Merino +13

The Gemini High-resolution Optical SpecTrograph (GHOST) at Gemini South started regular queue operations in early 2024, bringing a long-sought open-access capability to the astrono…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 465 cited

Overview of the Instrumentation for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument

B. Abareshi, J. Aguilar, S. Ahlen +264

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has embarked on an ambitious five-year survey to explore the nature of dark energy with spectroscopy of 40 million galaxies and quas…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 319 cited

The Dark Energy Survey Data Release 2

DES Collaboration, T. M. C. Abbott, M. Adamow +132

We present the second public data release of the Dark Energy Survey, DES DR2, based on optical/near-infrared imaging by the Dark Energy Camera mounted on the 4-m Blanco telescope a…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 5 cited

Observing Strategy for the Legacy Surveys

Kaylan J. Burleigh, Martin Landriau, Arjun Dey +19

The Legacy Surveys, a combination of three ground-based imaging surveys, have mapped 16,000 deg in three optical bands (, , and ) to a depth 1--~mag deeper than the…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 103 cited

Finding Strong Gravitational Lenses in the DESI DECam Legacy Survey

X. Huang, M. Domingo, A. Pilon +17

We perform a semi-automated search for strong gravitational lensing systems in the 9,000 deg Dark Energy Camera Legacy Survey (DECaLS), part of the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 1.9k cited

Overview of the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys

Arjun Dey, David J. Schlegel, Dustin Lang +157

The DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys are a combination of three public projects (the Dark Energy Camera Legacy Survey, the Beijing-Arizona Sky Survey, and the Mayall z-band Legacy Surve…