---
description: 'The "VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey" (VIPERS) mapped the
  spatial distribution of over 90,000 galaxies at z~1, using the VIMOS spectrograph
  at the Very Large Telescope, covering nearly 24 square degrees. It optimized multi-band
  photometry and VIMOS''s multiplexing capability to focus on the 0.5 < z < 1.2 redshift
  range, producing a data set comparable to local universe surveys like SDSS and 2dFGRS.

  '
homepage: http://www.vipers.inaf.it/
version: 1.1.0
citation: "@article{scodeggio2018vimos,\n  title={The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift\
  \ Survey (VIPERS)-Full spectroscopic data and auxiliary information release (PDR-2)},\n\
  \  author={Scodeggio, MARCO and Guzzo, L and Garilli, BIANCA and Granett, BR and\
  \ Bolzonella, M and De La Torre, S and Abbas, U and Adami, C and Arnouts, S and\
  \ Bottini, D and others},\n  journal={Astronomy \\& Astrophysics},\n  volume={609},\n\
  \  pages={A84},\n  year={2018},\n  publisher={EDP Sciences}\n}\n"
dataset_info:
  config_name: all
  features:
  - name: spectrum
    sequence:
    - name: flux
      dtype: float32
    - name: ivar
      dtype: float32
    - name: lambda
      dtype: float32
    - name: mask
      dtype: float32
  - name: REDSHIFT
    dtype: float32
  - name: REDFLAG
    dtype: float32
  - name: EXPTIME
    dtype: float32
  - name: NORM
    dtype: float32
  - name: MAG
    dtype: float32
  - name: object_id
    dtype: string
  splits:
  - name: train
    num_bytes: 820177241
    num_examples: 91507
  download_size: 536042712
  dataset_size: 820177241
configs:
- config_name: all
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: all/train-*
---

# Vipers Dataset



The "VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey" (VIPERS) mapped the spatial distribution of over 90,000 galaxies at z~1, using the VIMOS spectrograph at the Very Large Telescope, covering nearly 24 square degrees. It optimized multi-band photometry and VIMOS's multiplexing capability to focus on the 0.5 < z < 1.2 redshift range, producing a data set comparable to local universe surveys like SDSS and 2dFGRS.


@article{scodeggio2018vimos,
  title={The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS)-Full spectroscopic data and auxiliary information release (PDR-2)},
  author={Scodeggio, MARCO and Guzzo, L and Garilli, BIANCA and Granett, BR and Bolzonella, M and De La Torre, S and Abbas, U and Adami, C and Arnouts, S and Bottini, D and others},
  journal={Astronomy \& Astrophysics},
  volume={609},
  pages={A84},
  year={2018},
  publisher={EDP Sciences}
}