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Euclid Deep Fields

Euclid will carry out two types of surveys:

  • The Wide Survey covering ~15000 (deg)2 of the extragalactic sky, the main survey of the mission.
  • Deep Fields totaling~ 50 (deg)2 of deep fields and calibration observations regularly interleaved within the main survey schedule.
An area of Euclid’s Deep Field South, zoomed in 16 times compared to the large mosaic.
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Key Information on the Euclid Deep Fields:

  • ~ 50 (deg)2 of deep fields and calibration observations regularly interleaved within the main survey schedule.
  • Observed with both "red" and "blue" grisms.
  • Required to assess the redshift purity and completeness of the spectroscopic Wide Survey.
  • For the detailed description, see https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/euclid/euclid-survey.

Location of the Euclid Deep Fields (EDFs) in Equatorial (celestial) coordinates (RA/Dec):

  • EDFN (North) - 17:58:55.9 +66:01:03.7: 20 deg2​ ​ x 40 visits
  • EDFS (South) - 04:04:57.84 -48:25:22.8: 23 deg2​ ​ x 45 visits
  • EDFF (Fornax) - 03:31:43.6 -28:05:18.6: 10 deg2​ ​ x 52 visits, 7 visits within a few hours-days every ~9 months

*Each Deep Field visit is Wide-Survey-like.