Extended Groth Strip
(EGS)
(region of sky searched for distant galaxies)
The Extended Groth Strip (EGS) is a name given to a survey field
that was selected for searches for high-redshift
galaxies. Among the surveys using it
have been an HST-based survey and AEGIS.
The region is rectangular, but with edges not aligned
with equatorial coordinates (angled more-or-less 45 degrees,
I believe aligned with galactic coordinates).
Some discoveries are commonly cited with names
using the prefix EGS. Cited:
The Extended Groth Strip is an extended version of
the Groth Strip, a 140 square arcminute region
around coordinates J141700+523000,
which was used for the Groth Strip Survey (GSS).
(sky,galaxies,survey field)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Groth_Strip
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NAME%20EXTENDED%20GROTH%20STRIP
https://esahubble.org/images/opo0706c/
https://aegis.ucolick.org/google_sky.html
Coordinates: | EGS J141900+524800 |
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Prefix | Example | | |
EGS | EGS-zs8-1 | | |
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Referenced by pages:
AEGIS
CEERS
DEEP2
Groth Strip
Index