Bernd Husemann
(Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam)
4/18/12, 10:00 AM
Large Surveys and Missions (UV/Optical/NIR)
Paper
The Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field spectroscopy Area (CALIFA) survey is the largest integral field spectroscopy survey to date. Its goal is to obtain optical 3D spectroscopy data over the entire optical wavelength range for a representative sample of 600 galaxies over a period of 3-4 years. As a legacy survey the data will become public and is suited to address a wide range of different...