(in prep.). In the present analysis, we use a $K$-selected catalog based on all the data obtained over the three semesters. The AEGIS catalog contains 17 filters and the COSMOS catalog contains 35 filters ($FUV-8~\mu$m). The images were convolved to the same point-spread function (PSF) before performing aperture photometry, so as to limit any bandpass-dependent effects. Following previous studies (@labbe03; @quadri07), the photometry was performed with SExtractor in relatively small “color” apertures which optimize the S/N ratio. Total magnitudes in each band were determined from an aperture correction computed from the $K$-band. The aperture correction is a combination of the ratio of the flux in SExtractor’s AUTO aperture to the flux in the color aperture and a point-source-based correction for flux outside of the AUTO aperture, thereby enabling us to calculate total magnitudes (see, e.g., @labbe03). The $K$-band completeness limit of the NMBS catalog adopted in this work is $K=23.15$ mag. Stars are flagged based on their observed $U-J1$ and $J1-K$ colors, where the stellar sequence cleanly separates from the bulk of galaxies in color space (see K. E. Whitaker et al. 2010, in prep., for more details). The total number of objects in the $K$-selected sample is 52259, 27520 