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IRAS Point Source Catalog v2.1 (PSC)

Publisher

IPAC

Author(s)

Neugebauer, G.; Habing, H. J.; van Duinen, R.; Aumann, H. H.; Baud, B.; Beichman, C. A.; Beintema, D. A.; Boggess, N.; Clegg, P. E.; de Jong, T.; Emerson, J. P.; Gautier, T. N.; Gillett, F. C.; Harris, S.; Hauser, M. G.; Houck, J. R.; Jennings, R. E.; Low, F. J.; Marsden, P. L.; Miley, G.; Olnon, F. M.; Pottasch, S. R.; Raimond, E.; Rowan-Robinson, M.; Soifer, B. T.; Walker, R. G.; Wesselius, P. R.; Young, E.

Title

IRAS Point Source Catalog v2.1 (PSC)

Description

The Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) was a joint project of the US, UK and the Netherlands. The IRAS mission performed an unbiased, sensitive all sky survey at 12, 25, 60 and 100 microns. The Point Source Catalog includes 245,889 well-confirmed point sources, i.e., sources with angular extents less than approximately 0.5', 0.5', 1.0', and 2.0' in the in-scan direction at 12, 25, 60, and 100 micron, respectively. Positions, flux densities, uncertainties, associations with known astronomical objects and various cautionary flags are given for each object. Away from confused regions of the sky, the survey is complete to about 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, and 1.0 Jy at 12, 25, 60, and 100 micron. Typical position uncertainties are about 2" to 6" in-scan and about 8" to 16" cross-scan.

This dataset or service is made available by the Infrared Science Archive (IRSA) at IPAC, which is operated by the California Institute of Technology under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Data type

Dataset

Version

Date of data collection

1983 January 26 - 1983 November 22

Year of publication