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Here we summarize the coverage of GSC 2 and the various surveys that have been added to it.

Original GSC 2

Original GSC 2 sky coverage. Scale is logarithmic with log10(counts)/square degree.

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Anticipated GSC 2.4.1 coverage with original GSC233 in grey and additional catalogs overlaid in color: SDSS-DR13 (blue) + VHS-DR4 (green) + ATLAS-DR3 (red) + VIKING-DR2 (yellow) + 2MASS-6x (purple).

Other catalogs included as part of GSC 2.4.1 are all-sky (ie, GAIA-DR1, UCAC5, 2MASS-PSC, 2MASS-XSC)

Equatorial CoordinatesGalactic Coordinates

Coverage as function of magnitude

All Sources

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NIR 12-18 mag Sources

NIR mag refers to a first magnitude present from the list tmassJmag, tmassHmag, VistaYmag, VistaZMag, tmassKsmag, VistaKmag.

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NIR magnitude between 12-18



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