Spitzer Heritage Archive Enhanced Imaging Products

The Spitzer Heritage Archive Enhanced Imaging Products can be accessed in a variety of ways.

  • Images can be queried using the search form below.
  • Use the Cutouts service to generate smaller "cutout" images.
  • Search the Source List and ancillary catalogs using Gator.
  • Due to the number of image products, users are advised to use the wget scripts provided to facilitate data downloads.

Target Selection Single Object
(Name or Coords)
Table Upload
(Multi Object) Instructions
Size (deg):
[maximum 0.6]
Images must cover coordinate
Coordinate Examples:
  • Arp 220
  • 216.79512 34.88702 eq
  • 58.148111 68.68589 ga
  • 199.83998 45.73146 ecl
Default: Equatorial J2000

The Spitzer Science Center and IRSA have released a set of Enhanced Imaging Products from the Spitzer Heritage Archive. These include enhanced mosaic images (Super Mosaics), combining data from multiple programs where appropriate, and a source list (SL) of photometry for compact sources. The primary requirement on the SL is very high reliability -- with areal coverage, completeness and limiting depth being secondary considerations. The enhanced imaging products include data from the four channels of IRAC (3-8 microns) and the 24 micron channel of MIPS.

The Preliminary Release includes all Super Mosaics that are smaller than 0.25 square degrees, plus data products associated with the SMOG, SWIRE-Lockman Hole, and SDWFS/MAGES Legacy Programs. IRAC and MIPS coverage of the Preliminary Release is shown above. The Preliminary Release Source List contains 7 million sources. A release of the full set of products for the Spitzer cryogenic mission will take place by the end of 2012.

The canonical paper for the Spitzer Heritage Archive Enhanced Imaging Products is Capak et al., in preparation.
Click here for more information and instructions on using Atlas Instructions
Also available is a Program Interface to Atlas.