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The South Galactic Cap U-band Sky Survey is an international cooperative project between National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, USA. We plan to observe the region of b<-30 deg and DEC >-10 deg, which is about 3700 square degree filed of the south Galactic Cap in U-band.

Fig1. The U-band SKy Survey Region (Green). The thick black line is the Galactic Plane and the South Galactic Pole (red point) and the North Galactic Pole (blue point) are marked.

Fig2. The SDSS dr9 footprint (black) and SCUSS footprint (Green).

1.Weather of Kitt Peak
2.Useful Informations for Observations
3.KPNO Astronomical Sky Calendar for Jan - Dec 2012

The SCUSS pointings are shown below. The blue stripes are SDSSII DR7 scan, including the Stripe 82; the green stripes are SDSSIII survey; The small black squares are our SCUSS poitings and the red squares are BATC fields.

The BATC, Stripe 82 and SDSS III fields

The SCUSS Observed Area (blue region) so far is shown below and the red region is the observed field of last night (updated on Dec 6, 2010).

The SCUSS Observed Area and SDSS III fields

The Galactic Anti-Center Area (Yellow) and all the observed area (blue) and the red region is the observed field of last night (updated on Dec 6, 2010).

The SCUSS Observed Area and SDSS III fields
Here is an image taken on UT5 December, 2010. You can download it d5535.0138.fits

The M31-M33 Observed Area (blue region) so far isfigures/aSkyContour.jpg shown below (updated on Dec 6, 2010).

The SCUSS Observed Area and SDSS III fields

The airmass distribution for our observetions in Sep. 2010.

The airmass distribution for our observetions in Oct. 2010.

The airmass distribution for our observetions in Nov. 2010.

The airmass distribution for our observetions in Dec. 2010.