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OzDES

Since 2013, OzDES has used the Anglo-Australian Telescope to classify hundreds of transients, monitor active galactic nuclei, and obtain redshifts for tens of thousands of galaxies within the 10 deep fields of the Dark Energy Survey.
March 6, 2020 by C. Lidman
June 28, 2020, 12:21 p.m. C. Lidman

OzDES Data Releases

Over six observing seasons, starting in 2013, OzDES used the 2dF fibre positioner and AAOmega spectrograph on the 3.9-metre Anglo-Australian Telescope to monitor 771 AGN, classify hundreds of transients, and obtain redshifts for thousands of galaxies within the 10 deep fields of the Dark Energy Survey.

The OzDES survey is described in three papers

OzDES is a spectroscopic survey that samples the time domain. Some targets have been observed dozens of times.

The first data release contained our first catalogue of 14, 693 redshifts.

The second data release includes both redshifts and spectra.  We include both co-added spectra, and the individual epochs. In total, there are over 300,000 spectra in the second OzDES data release and approximately 30,000 redshifts.

March 6, 2020 by C. Lidman
June 28, 2020, 12:21 p.m. C. Lidman