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The DENIS southern sky survey
DENIS is a major survey to map the southern hemisphere in the I (
), J (
) and 
(
) bands. The ESO 1.0m telescope has been donated to the DENIS team for this dedicated survey and the project is the European equivalent of the American 2MASS survey. The near-IR camera uses a 
NICMOS array giving 3 arcsec pixels which are dithered by a microscanning mirror in both RA and DEC for enhanced resolution. The three pass-bands I, J & will be observed simultaneously by means of dichroic mirrors in a stop-stare mode of observation. The DENIS survey began in December 1995 and should be complete by 1999.
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