KiDS (10.18727/archive/37) is an ESO Public Survey carried out with the VLT Survey Telescope and OmegaCAM camera, that has imaged 1347 square degrees in four filters (u, g, r, i). Single epoch observations are provided in u,g,r. Multi-epoch imaging is provided in the i-band, with the two observations, denoted i1 and i2, typically separated by several years. KiDS was designed as a weak lensing tomography survey, with a core science driver to map and constrain the properties of the evolving large-scale matter distribution in the Universe. The median r-band 5σ limiting magnitude is 24.8 with median seeing 0.7”. Additional science cases are manifold, ranging from galaxy evolution to Milky Way structure, and from the detection of white dwarfs to high-redshift quasars.

This KiDS-ESO-DR5 release builds from the fourth KiDS data release with a 34% areal extension as well as a second pass over the full survey area in the i band (effectively doubling the i band integration time for every tile). For each of the 1347 square-degree survey tiles, the data release includes calibrated stacked images in u,g,r, i1 and i2 filters, their corresponding weights and masks, and single-band source lists extracted from the stacks. A multi-band ugri1i2ZYJHKs source catalogue incorporating near-IR photometry from the companion VIKING survey with VISTA is also provided. This catalogue encompasses the combined 1347 square degree area of this data release, with PSF-homogenised and aperture-matched photometry, and derived photometric redshift and stellar mass estimates.

The image products are available via the ESO Archive Science Portal or the Programmatic Access service. 

The catalogue(s) are available also via the  ESO Archive Science Portal, the Programmatic Access service, or the Catalogue Facility.

More details about the release content can be found in the associated Phase 3 data release description.