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The SPHEREx Image and Spectrophotometry Processing Pipeline

August 2026 • 2026ApJS..285...67A

Authors • Akeson, Rachel • Dubois-Felsmann, Gregory P. • Crill, Brendan P. • Faisst, Andreas L. • Fatahi, Tamim • Fazar, Candice M. • Goldina, Tatiana • Masters, Daniel C. • Nelson, Christina • Paladini, Roberta • Teplitz, Harry I. • Torrini, Gabriela • Velicheti, Phani • Ashby, Matthew L. N. • Avner, Dan • Bach, Yoonsoo P. • Bock, James J. • Bruton, Sean • Bryan, Sean A. • Chang, Tzu-Ching • Chen, Shuang-Shuang • Cooray, Asantha • Cukierman, Ari J. • Doré, Olivier • Dowell, C. Darren • Everett, Spencer • Feder, Richard M. • Huai, Zhaoyu • Hui, Howard • Jeong, Woong-Seob • Jo, Young-Soo • Korngut, Phil M. • Kwon, Yuna G. • Lee, Bomee • Melnick, Gary J. • Murgia, Giulia • Nguyen, Chi H. • Pourrahmani, Milad • Rustamkulov, Zafar • Symons, Teresa • Tolls, Volker • Wang, Pao-Yu • Yang, Yujin • Zemcov, Michael

Abstract • In this paper, we describe the SPHEREx image and spectrophotometry data-processing pipeline, an infrastructure and software system designed to produce calibrated spectral images and photometric measurements for NASA's SPHEREx mission. SPHEREx is carrying out a series of four all-sky spectrophotometric surveys at 6 . 15 spatial resolution in 102 spectral channels spanning 0.75─5 μm. The pipeline that will deliver the flux- and wavelength-calibrated data products deriving from these surveys has been developed and is operated by the SPHEREx Science Data Center at Caltech/IPAC in collaboration with the SPHEREx Science Team. Here, we describe the framework and modules used in the pipeline, along with the data products, which are available at the NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive.

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IPAC Authors
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Rachel_akeson

Rachel Akeson

IPAC Deputy Director


Gregory Dubois-Felsmann

Staff Scientist


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Andreas Faisst

Staff Scientist


Daniel Masters

Scientific Analyst


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Roberta Paladini

Staff Scientist


Zafar Rustamkulov

Postdoctoral Scholar


Teresa Symons

Staff Scientist


Harry_teplitz

Harry Teplitz

Staff Scientist