A 24 and 70 Micron Survey of the Inner Galactic Disk with MIPS (MIPSGAL) Data Collection Atlas
MIPSGAL mosaics are represented as overlays on red on the 8.3um MSX background mosaic.
You can get a close-up map of a region by clicking on any area in red on the above image, or by typing a coordinate below.
This interface provides access to data from the third delivery (Version 3.0) of the Spitzer Space Telescope "A 24 and 70 Micron Survey of the Inner Galactic Disk with MIPS" (MIPSGAL) Legacy Project. The data are also available as Enhanced Products from the Spitzer Science Center (SSC).
MIPSGAL is a survey of the inner 248 square degrees of the Galactic plane at 24 and 70 microns using the MIPS instrument aboard the Spitzer Space Telescope. The survey covers Galactic latitudes of -1° < b < +1° for Galactic longitudes of l < 62° and l > 298°.
Version 3.0 of the MIPSGAL data includes mosaics only at 24um, but covering the entire survey region. |b| < 1° is covered for -68° < l < 69°, and |b| < 3° is covered for -8° < l < 9°. For each tile position, there are 4 FITS files: the 24µm image, a corresponding standard deviation mosaic, mask cube, and coverage map indicating the number of MIPS pixels that comprise the data going into each mosaic pixel.
For more information about the contents of the third release, and the naming convention of the FITS files, please see the README or download the MIPSGAL v3.0 Delivery Document.
Users may bypass searching and go directly to the data download location.
Also available are image "cutouts" using IRSA's Cutouts Service, which is a general tool to create single or multiple small FITS (and JPEGs) image cutouts of datasets archived at IRSA.
Click here for more information and instructions on using Atlas Instructions
Also available is a Program Interface to Atlas.
Target Selection Single Object
(Name or Coords)
Table Upload
(Multi Object) Instructions
Size (deg):
[maximum 12.5]
Images must cover coordinate
Coordinate Examples:
  • 276.65763 -11.92717 eq
  • 18h26m38s -11d55m38s Equ J2000
  • 19.50939 -0.00943 ga
  • NGC 6631
Default: Equatorial J2000