Planck
Mission Characteristics
| Background: | Planck is a third generation space based cosmic microwave background experiment, operating at nine frequencies between 30 and 857 GHz |
| Mission Milestones: |
Launch: May 2009 Start of First All Sky Survey: August 2009 End of Nominal Mission: Nov 2010 End of HFI operations: Jan 2012 End of LFI operations: Oct 2013 Spacecraft deactivated: Oct 2013 |
| Frequency: | 30, 44, 70, 100, 143, 217, 353, 545, and 857 GHz (350 µm - 1 cm) |
| Spatial Resolution (FWHM in arcmin): | 32.3, 27, 13.2, 9.7, 7.3, 5, 4.9, 4.8, 4.6 |
| Area Coverage: | All Sky (covered 5 times by HFI and 8.5 times by LFI) |
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| Funding Agency: |
Planck is an ESA mission with significant NASA
involvement.
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| Canonical Paper: |
IRSA Services - Public Data Release 3
| Planck All Sky Maps | Temperature and Polarization Maps |
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| Catalog Query | Access the Planck Multi-frequency Catalogue of Non-thermal Sources through IRSA's Catalog Search service |
| Planck Ancillary Data | Cosmology Parameters and Likelihoods, Masks and Instrument Parameters, and Other Data Products for PR3 |
| Software | Software for Analysis of Planck Data |
| PR3 Documentation | Documentation for Public Data Release 3 |
IRSA Services - Public Data Release 2
| Planck All Sky Maps | Temperature and Polarization Maps |
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| Planck Data Exploration | Interactive Search, Visualization, and Download of Catalogs and Map Cutouts; Time Ordered Information (TOI) Search and Map Generation |
| Time Ordered Information (TOI) | Planck TOI Reduced Data |
| Catalog Query | Access the PR2 catalogs through IRSA's Catalog Search service |
| Download Planck Catalogs | PCCS2, SZ2, and Cold Clumps Catalogs |
| Planck Ancillary Data | Cosmology Parameters and Likelihoods, Masks and Instrument Parameters, and Other Data Products for PR2 |
| External Datasets | Multiwavelength maps useful for analysis of Planck data |
| Bolocam Planck SZ Clusters | Public data from the Bolocam Survey of 44 Planck SZ clusters |
| Software | Software for Analysis of Planck Data |
| PR2 Documentation | Documentation for Public Data Release 2 |
IRSA Services - Public Data Release 1
| Planck All Sky Maps | Temperature and Component Separated Maps |
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| Catalog and Map Visualization | Visualization and enhanced access to the Planck All Sky Maps and the PCCS |
| Catalog Query | Access to the PCCS through IRSA's Catalog Search service |
| Download Planck SZ Catalogs |
Download the Planck Sunyaev Zeldovich Cluster sample. Dec. 2015: v2.1 of the PSZ1 catalog was added to the tarball. |
| Download entire PCCS | Download the Planck Catalog of Compact Sources |
| Planck Ancillary Data | Power Spectra, Masks, Simulations and Instrument Parameters |
| External Datasets | Multiwavelength maps useful for analysis of Planck data |
| Software and Analysis Products | Useful software and products for analysis of Planck data |
| Data Release 1 Explanatory Supplement (pdf) | Documentation for Public Data Release 1. |
IRSA Services - Early Release Catalogs
| ERCSC Visualization | Visualization and enhanced access to the Early Release Compact Source Catalog |
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| Catalog Query | Alternate access to the ERCSC through IRSA's Catalog Search service |
| Download Planck ESZ | Download the Planck Early Sunyaev Zeldovich Cluster sample |
| Download Planck ECC | Download the Planck Early Cold Clumps sample |
| Download Planck ERCSC-V1.3,ESZ and ECC Download Planck ERCSC-V1.2,ESZ and ECC | Download the ERCSC ESZ and ECC as one tarball |
| ERCSC Explanatory Supplement | Documentation for the ERCSC |
Other Resources:
| ESA Planck Legacy Archive (PLA) |
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| ESA Planck Science Home Page |
| US Planck Data Center Home Page |