GLIMPSE3D Source Lists Data Release for Seven Areas - January 2008

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1. Overview
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This GLIMPSE3D source list data release is comprised of IPAC Tables of
the GLIMPSE3D Catalog and Archive for 7 ~2 deg x 2 deg areas 
centered at about

  (1 epoch; 2 visits)  S15.3 processing
  l=335 deg,   b=+2 deg    
  l=341.5 deg, b=-2 deg 
  l=341.5 deg, b=+2 deg

  (2 epochs; 3 visits)
  l=345 deg,   b=-2 deg   S15.3 processing
  l=345 deg,   b=+2 deg   S14.4, S15.3 processing
  l=350 deg,   b=-2 deg   S14.4, S16.1 processing
  l=350 deg,   b=+2 deg   S14.4, S15.3 processing

The highly reliable GLIMPSE3D Catalog (GLM3DC) consists of point sources 
that are detected at least twice in one band and at least once
in an adjacent band and a S/N > 5 cut for the band with the two
detections. There are also faint and bright flux limits on the
Catalog entries. The more complete Archive (GLM3DA) has less stringent
criteria, namely two detections in any bands, those detections
having a S/N > 5. The IRAC data were bandmerged with the 2MASS All-Sky
Point Source Catalog. See the GLIMPSE3D v1.0 Data Products & Data Delivery
document for more details.

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  Source statistics 
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   AREA                               # in Catalog    # in Archive   
----------------------------------    ------------    ------------  
335.0+02   l=~334 through ~335 deg         383,334         759,940 
           b=~+1 through ~+3 deg

341.5-02   l=~340 through ~342 deg         443,854         832,967 
           b=~-1 through ~-3 deg

341.5+02   l=~340 through ~342 deg         408,392         787,331 
           b=~+1 through ~+3 deg

345.0-02   l=~344 through ~345 deg         479,727         976,095 
           b=~-1 through ~-3 deg

345.0+02   l=~344 through ~345 deg         451,667         890,410 
           b=~+1 through ~+3 deg

350.0-02   l=~349 through ~350 deg         668,836       1,167,180 
           b=~-1 through ~-3 deg

350.0+02   l=~349 through ~350 deg         625,179       1,096,523
           b=~+1 through ~+3 deg
                                         ---------       ---------
                               Totals    3,460,989       6,510,446

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2. Files in the GLIMPSE3D January 2008 Source Lists Release.
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A. GLIMPSE3D_source_lists_jan2008.README - This file. 

B. Catalog & Archive Files in IPAC Table Format

   There is one Catalog and one Archive file for each of the seven areas.
   Thus there are 7 Catalog IPAC table files and 7 Archive IPAC table files.
   The Catalog and Archive files have the same format.

  nominal       nominal
 longitude     latitude         Catalog          No. of       Archive             No. of 
 area covered area covered      Filename         Catalog      Filename	          Archive
 (degrees)    (degrees)                          Sources                          Sources
 ----------  ------------- --------------------  ---------  --------------------  -------- 
 334-336     +1 to +3      GLM3DC_l335.0+02.tbl   383334    GLM3DA_l335.0+02.tbl   759940   
 340-343     -1 to -3      GLM3DC_l341.5-02.tbl   443854    GLM3DA_l341.5-02.tbl   832967   
 340-343     +1 to +3      GLM3DC_l341.5+02.tbl   408392    GLM3DA_l341.5+02.tbl   787331   
 344-346     -1 to -3      GLM3DC_l345.0-02.tbl   479727    GLM3DA_l345.0-02.tbl   976095   
 344-346     +1 to +3      GLM3DC_l345.0+02.tbl   451667    GLM3DA_l345.0+02.tbl   890410   
 349-351     -1 to -3      GLM3DC_l350.0-02.tbl   668836    GLM3DA_l350.0-02.tbl  1167180   
 349-351     +1 to +3      GLM3DC_l350.0+02.tbl   625179    GLM3DA_l350.0+02.tbl  1096523   

C. Data Dictionary for IPAC Tables and a Notes file with basic information about 
   some of the fields in the source list entry.

   GLM3DC.tbl.dd - Data Dictionary for the Catalog IPAC Tables
   GLM3DA.tbl.dd - Data Dictionary for the Archive IPAC Tables 
                   (exactly the same as GLM3DC.tbl.dd)

   GLIMPSE3D.notes - Notes on the source designation, close source flag, source quality 
     flag and flux calculation method flag used in the source lists.

   The IPAC Table validation tool (http://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/applications/TblReformat/)
   was successfully run on some of the GLM3DA and GLM3DC IPAC Tables.

D. Documentation 

   The GLIMPSE3D v1.0 Data Release document (08/23/07) applies to these datasets.
   Other existing documentation includes the GLIMPSEI and GLIMPSEII Data Products and Quality
   Assurance Documents and a document describing in detail our point source photometry
   steps. See
     http://www.astro.wisc.edu/glimpse/docs.html

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3. Miscellaneous Information
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A. Due to the nature of the survey mapping, there are areas outside of
   the nominal survey region that were observed (and may have incomplete coverage). 
   We provide whatever sources that were detected and pass our source list criteria
   from outside the nominal survey area.

B. There is a small amount of overlapping area between the GLIMPSEI and GLIMPSE3D surveys.
   Only the GLIMPSE3D data is presented in this data delivery.