IRAS Faint Source Catalog
E1028691
The IRAS Faint Source Catalog is an astronomical catalog listing faint infrared sources detected across the sky by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite mission.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IRAS catalog
ⓘ
astronomical catalog ⓘ infrared source catalog ⓘ |
| access | online ⓘ |
| acronym | FSC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnMission | IRAS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compiledBy | Infrared Astronomical Satellite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains | faint infrared sources ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | equatorial coordinates ⓘ |
| covers | entire sky ⓘ |
| dataSource | IRAS all-sky survey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dataType |
compact sources
ⓘ
point sources ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | machine-readable catalog ⓘ |
| epochOfObservations | 1983 ⓘ |
| field |
astronomy
ⓘ
infrared astronomy ⓘ |
| hasSubset | IRAS Faint Source Survey galaxy sample ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionCountry |
Japan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observatory | Infrared Astronomical Satellite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| photometricBands |
100 micrometre band
ⓘ
12 micrometre band ⓘ 25 micrometre band ⓘ 60 micrometre band ⓘ |
| provides |
confusion flags
ⓘ
infrared flux densities ⓘ quality flags ⓘ source positions ⓘ |
| purpose | to list faint infrared sources detected by IRAS ⓘ |
| relatedTo | IRAS Point Source Catalog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectionCriterion | faint infrared flux levels ⓘ |
| usedFor |
extragalactic surveys
ⓘ
studies of evolved stars ⓘ studies of galaxies ⓘ studies of star-forming regions ⓘ |
| usedIn |
cosmological large-scale structure studies
ⓘ
infrared sky surveys ⓘ multiwavelength cross-identifications ⓘ |
| wavelengthRange | infrared ⓘ |
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