COSMOS field

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The COSMOS field is a well-studied, two-square-degree region of the sky extensively observed across multiple wavelengths to investigate the formation and evolution of galaxies and large-scale cosmic structure.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical survey field ⓘ
deep extragalactic field ⓘ
multiwavelength survey region ⓘ
approximateArea 2 square degrees ⓘ
centralRoleIn multiwavelength extragalactic cosmology ⓘ
contains millions of detected galaxies ⓘ
cosmicVarianceProperty designed to minimize cosmic variance for structure studies ⓘ
dataPubliclyAvailable true ⓘ
hasDataProducts X-ray source catalogs ⓘ
multiwavelength photometric catalogs ⓘ
photometric redshift catalogs ⓘ
radio source catalogs ⓘ
spectroscopic redshift catalogs ⓘ
weak-lensing mass maps ⓘ
locatedIn constellation Sextans ⓘ
observedWith ALMA ⓘ
CFHT ⓘ
Chandra X-ray Observatory ⓘ
GALEX ⓘ
Herschel Space Observatory ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
Keck Observatory ⓘ
NOAO telescopes ⓘ
Spitzer Space Telescope ⓘ
Subaru Telescope ⓘ
UKIRT ⓘ
VLT ⓘ
Very Large Array ⓘ
XMM-Newton ⓘ
linked to: XMM-Newton mission
partOfSurvey COSMOS survey ⓘ
primaryGoal study galaxy formation and evolution ⓘ
study large-scale structure of the Universe ⓘ
surveyDepth deep imaging to high redshift ⓘ
surveyNameAcronym Cosmic Evolution Survey ⓘ
linked to: COSMOS survey
usedFor active galactic nucleus studies ⓘ
cosmic star-formation history studies ⓘ
dark matter distribution studies ⓘ
galaxy cluster identification ⓘ
high-redshift galaxy studies ⓘ
large-scale structure mapping ⓘ
weak gravitational lensing studies ⓘ
wavelengthCoverage X-ray ⓘ
far-infrared ⓘ
mid-infrared ⓘ
near-infrared ⓘ
optical ⓘ
radio ⓘ
ultraviolet ⓘ

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CANDELS survey → field → COSMOS field ⓘ
UltraVISTA survey → skyCoverage → COSMOS 2 square degree field ⓘ
linked to: COSMOS field
South Pole Wall → discoveredBy → cosmography research team ⓘ
linked to: COSMOS field
3D-HST survey → coversField → COSMOS field ⓘ