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title = "South Galactic Cap u-band Sky Survey (SCUSS): Project overview",
abstract = "The South Galactic Cap u-band Sky Survey (SCUSS) was established in 2009 in order to provide a photometric input catalog for target selection of the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) project. SCUSS is an international cooperative project between National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Steward Observatory at the University of Arizona, using the 90 inch (2.3m) Bok telescope on Kitt Peak. The telescope is equipped with a prime focus camera that is composed of a mosaic of four 4096 × 4096 CCDs and has a field of view of about 1 deg2. From 2009 to 2013, SCUSS performed a sky survey of an approximately 5000 deg2 field of the South Galactic Cap in u band, including the Galactic anticenter area and the SDSS-IV extended imaging area. The limiting magnitude of SCUSS is deeper than 23 mag (at a signal-to-noise ratio of 5). In this paper, we briefly describe the goals of this project, method of observations and data reduction, and we also introduce current and potential scientific activities related to the SCUSS project.",
keywords = "objects: stars and galaxies, observation: sky survey, techniques: data reduction",
author = "Xu Zhou and Fan, {Xiao Hui} and Zhou Fan and He, {Bo Liang} and Jiang, {Lin Hua} and Jiang, {Zhao Ji} and Jing, {Yi Peng} and Michael Lesser and Jun Ma and Nie, {Jun Dan} and Shen, {Shi Yin} and Wang, {Jia Li} and Wu, {Zhen Yu} and Zhang, {Tian Meng} and Zhou, {Zhi Min} and Hu Zou",
note = "Funding Information: The SCUSS project is funded by the Main Direction Program of Knowledge Innovation of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. KJCX2-EWT06) and supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC; Nos. 11433005, 11373035, 11203034, 11203031, 11303038 and 11303043), the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, Nos. 2014CB845704, 2014CB845702 and 2013CB834902), and the joint fund of Astronomy of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Chinese Academy of Science (Grant U1231113). It is also an international cooperative project between National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, USA. Technical support and observational assistance of the Bok telescope are provided by Steward Observatory. The project is managed by the National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai Astronomical Observatory. The management and publication of data are supported by the Chinese Astronomical Data Center and the China-VO team. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences and IOP Publishing Ltd.",
year = "2016",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1088/1674-4527/16/4/069",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "16",
journal = "Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics",
issn = "1674-4527",
publisher = "IOP Publishing Ltd.",
number = "4",
}