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Table 1

Summary of selected VISTA surveys, sorted by area.

Survey Area
(deg2)
Filters Depth (Ks)
5σ; AB-mag
Science goals Reference
VHS 20 000 J, Ks ∼20 Uniform southern hemisphere NIR imaging McMahon et al. (2013)
VIKING 1500 Z, Y, J, H, Ks ∼21.2 Samples galaxies at z ≳ 1 Edge et al. (2013)
VISIONS 650 J, H, Ks ∼19.5 Five nearby star-forming molecular clouds Meingast et al. (2023)
VVV 520 Z, Y, J, H, Ks ∼20.0 Variable stars in the Milky Way Minniti et al. (2010)
SHARKS 300 Ks ∼22.7 The most massive structures in the Universe Dannerbauer et al. (2022)
VMC 184 Y, J, Ks ∼21.1 Stellar populations in Magellanic Clouds Cioni et al. (2011)
GCAV 38 Y, J, Ks ∼22.4 Observing 20 Clusters of Galaxies GCAV DR3; 2023
KEDFS 20 Ks ∼23.5 Euclid Deep follow-up in the Ks band KEDFS; Abstract
VIDEO 12 Z, Y, J, H, Ks ∼23.5 Galaxy evolution to z ∼ 4; massive galaxies Jarvis et al. (2013)
VEILS 9 J, Ks ∼22.5 Reionisation studies and massive galaxies Hönig et al. (2017)
UltraVISTA 2.2 Y, J, H, Ks ∼24.0 Ultra-deep NIR survey in COSMOS field McCracken et al. (2012)

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