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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)

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Coverage as function of magnitude

All Sources

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NIR 12-18 mag Sources

NIR mag refers to the first magnitude present in the list J, H, Y, Z, z, Npg, i, Ks, K (lower case z, i from SDSS; Npg is photographic). This is roughly in order of proximity to J.

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NIR <19 mag Sources

As above, in terms of defining what is NIR.

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OPT <17.2 mag Sources

OPT mag refers to the first magnitude present in the list G, r, V, g, R, Fpg, Epg, Jpg (lower case r, g from SDSS; Fpg, Epg, Jpg are photographic bands)

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