IRSA - Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX)

Mission Characteristics

Lifetime: 1996-1997
Wavelength:
  • A (8.28 µm)
  • C (12.13 µm)
  • D (14.65 µm)
  • E (21.3 µm)
Area Coverage:
  • 0 < l < 360, |b| < 5
  • IRAS gaps
  • select targets
Instruments:
  • SPIRIT III infrared telescope (33-cm aperture)
  • solid hydrogen-cooled five line-scanned infrared focal plane arrays
Science Products Generated:
  • Survey images and source catalogs
  • deeper raster scans of selected star formation regions and galaxies
  • raster scans of the IRAS gaps

IRSA Services

MSX Image Server Browse MSX images with catalog overlays.
MSX Images (using Atlas) Browse MSX image data.
MSX Cutouts Use IRSA's Image Cutouts Service to generate small "cutout" FITS (and JPEG) images from the MSX image collection.
Gator Catalog Query Access available catalogs.
Baby Gator Quick access to the MSX source catalog.

Other Resources:

MSX point Source Catalog Version 1.2
Explanatory Guide
Download in PDF format.