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Mipsgal

Overview: A Spitzer Legacy Science program, MIPSGAL I is a survey of the inner 248 square degrees of the Galactic plane at 24 and 70 microns using the MIPS instrument aboard the Spitzer Space Telescope. MIPSGAL is used to tackle many unanswered questions, such as (1) the detailed energetics and distribution of the small silicate particles and hydrocarbon molecules comprising the interstellar dust in our galaxy and (2) how the most massive stars form. While this survey only covers 0.7% of the sky, most of the stars, gas and dust that make up our own Galaxy are imaged by these observations. MIPSGAL II is a 72 square degree survey of the innermost Galactic disk which connects the two fields observed by MIPSGAL I, and it is also complementary to the GLIMPSE II and proposed GLIMPSE 3D Spitzer Legacy surveys. This data finishes the census of massive star formation inside the molecular ring, provides detailed information on the distribution and energetics of small dust grains toward the nucleus of our Galaxy, and identifies all massive evolved stars in the surveyed portion of the Galactic bulge. MIPSGAL I & II data is hosted by IRSA at IPAC, including the raw observations from Spitzer in the Spitzer Heritage Archive, as well as a set of enhanced data products and tools.

A Spitzer Legacy Science program, MIPSGAL I  is a survey of the inner 248 square degrees of the Galactic plane at 24 and 70 microns using the MIPS instrument aboard the Spitzer Space Telescope. MIPSGAL is used to tackle many unanswered questions, such as  (1) the detailed energetics and distribution of the small silicate particles and hydrocarbon molecules comprising the interstellar dust in our galaxy and (2) how the most massive stars form. While this survey only covers 0.7% of the sky, most of the stars, gas and dust that make up our own Galaxy are imaged by these observations.

 

MIPSGAL II is a 72 square degree survey of the innermost Galactic disk which connects the two fields observed by MIPSGAL I, and it is also complementary to the GLIMPSE II and proposed GLIMPSE 3D Spitzer Legacy surveys.

This data finishes the census of massive star formation inside the molecular ring, provides detailed information on the distribution and energetics of small dust grains toward the nucleus of our Galaxy, and identifies all massive evolved stars in the surveyed portion of the Galactic bulge.

MIPSGAL I & II data is hosted by IRSA at IPAC, including the raw observations from Spitzer in the Spitzer Heritage Archive, as well as a set of enhanced data products and tools.