WISE All-Sky Source Catalog

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The WISE All-Sky Source Catalog is a comprehensive astronomical database listing hundreds of millions of infrared-detected celestial sources observed across the entire sky.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical catalog
astronomical database
infrared source catalog
accessMethod Virtual Observatory services
online archive
acronym WISE NERFINISHED
associatedMission WISE mission NERFINISHED
centralWavelengthBandW1 3.4 micrometers
centralWavelengthBandW2 4.6 micrometers
centralWavelengthBandW3 12 micrometers
centralWavelengthBandW4 22 micrometers
compiledBy Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer NERFINISHED
contains compact sources
point sources
coordinateSystem equatorial coordinates
coversBand W1
W2
W3 NERFINISHED
W4
dataFormat FITS
database tables
dataProductsInclude astrometry
photometry
source quality flags
variability flags
dataReleaseType all-sky data release
hostArchive NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive NERFINISHED
missionPhase cryogenic mission phase
numberOfSourcesApprox hundreds of millions GENERATED
observatoryType space telescope
operatedBy NASA
primaryUse Galactic astronomy
active galactic nucleus identification
brown dwarf searches
extragalactic astronomy
infrared sky surveys
stellar population studies
relatedCatalog AllWISE Source Catalog NERFINISHED
WISE All-Sky Single Exposure Source Table NERFINISHED
scienceGoalsSupport cosmology
near-Earth object studies
star formation studies
shortName WISE All-Sky Catalog NERFINISHED
skyCoverage entire sky
surveyType all-sky survey
telescopeName Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer NERFINISHED
wavelengthDomain infrared

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Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer catalogProduced WISE All-Sky Source Catalog
AllWISE Source Catalog improvesUpon WISE All-Sky Source Catalog
AllWISE Source Catalog successorOf WISE All-Sky Source Catalog