Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and NEOWISE
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Mission Characteristics
| WISE Cryogenic Survey | WISE 3-band Survey | NEOWISE Post-Cryo Survey | NEOWISE Reactivation |
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| Lifetime: | Dec. 14, 2009 - Aug. 6, 2010 |
Aug. 6, 2010 - Sep. 29, 2010 |
Sep. 29, 2010 - Feb. 1, 2011 |
Dec. 13, 2013 - (ongoing) |
| Wavelength: | 3.4, 4.6, 12, and 22 microns | 3.4, 4.6, and 12 microns | 3.4 and 4.6 microns | 3.4 and 4.6 microns |
| Area Coverage: | 120% of the sky | 30% of the sky | 70% of the sky | ongoing |
| Instruments: | Survey Camera |
| Funding Agency: | NASA |
| Contributing Institutions: | UCLA, JPL, IPAC/Caltech, UC Berkeley, SDL, BATC |
| Canonical Papers: |
WISE: Wright et al. (2010) NEOWISE: Mainzer et al. (2011) NEOWISE Reactivation: Mainzer et al. (2014) Details on how to acknowledge WISE and NEOWISE are provided in the documentation. |
| Dates of Major Releases: | Apr. 14, 2011 Preliminary Data release Mar. 14, 2012 All-Sky Data release June 29, 2012 WISE 3-band Cryo Data release May 22, 2013 NEOWISE Post-Cryo Data release Nov. 13, 2013 AllWISE Data release Mar. 26, 2015 NEOWISE Reactivation 2015 Data release Mar. 23, 2016 NEOWISE Reactivation 2016 Data release June 1, 2017 NEOWISE Reactivation 2017 Data release April 19, 2018 NEOWISE Reactivation 2018 Data release April 10, 2019 NEOWISE Reactivation 2019 Data release (Note scanid rollover change) March 26, 2020 NEOWISE Reactivation 2020 Data release March 24, 2021 NEOWISE Reactivation 2021 Data release |
IRSA Services - AllWISE, All-Sky, 3-Band Cryo, NEOWISE Post-Cryo, and NEOWISE Reactivation 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 Releases
| WISE Catalog Search | Access WISE catalog and other tabular data products |
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| WISE Image Service | Access WISE image data |
| WISE/NEOWISE Coadder | Create science-quality image mosaics from all phases of the WISE and NEOWISE missions |
| Time Series Tool | Plot time series data, view associated images, find period, and phase fold. |
| WISE Release Coverage Service | Preview coverage in the WISE data releases |
| Catalog Bulk Download | Bulk Download of WISE Catalog and 3-Band Cryo Source Working Database |
IRSA Documentation - AllWISE, All-Sky, 3-Band Cryo, NEOWISE Post-Cryo, and NEOWISE Reactivation 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 Releases
| Introduction - AllWISE Release | AllWISE Release Intro Page |
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| Introduction - All-Sky Release | WISE All-Sky Release Intro Page |
| Introduction - 3-Band Cryo Release | WISE 3-Band Cryo Release Intro Page |
| Introduction - NEOWISE Post-Cryo Release | NEOWISE Post-Cryo Release Intro Page |
| Introduction - NEOWISE Reactivation 2015 Release | NEOWISE Reactivation 2015 Release Intro Page |
| Introduction - NEOWISE Reactivation 2016 Release | NEOWISE Reactivation 2016 Release Intro Page |
| Introduction - NEOWISE Reactivation 2017 Release | NEOWISE Reactivation 2017 Release Intro Page |
| Introduction - NEOWISE Reactivation 2018 Release | NEOWISE Reactivation 2018 Release Intro Page |
| Introduction - NEOWISE Reactivation 2019 Release | NEOWISE Reactivation 2019 Release Intro Page |
| Introduction - NEOWISE Reactivation 2020 Release | NEOWISE Reactivation 2020 Release Intro Page |
| Introduction - NEOWISE Reactivation 2021 Release | NEOWISE Reactivation 2021 Release Intro Page |
| Program Interfaces | Information on program-friendly data services |
| Documentation - AllWISE Release | AllWISE Release Explanatory Supplement |
| Documentation - All-Sky Release | WISE All-Sky Release Explanatory Supplement |
| Documentation - 3-Band Cryo Release | WISE 3-Band Cryo Release Explanatory Supplement |
| Documentation - NEOWISE Post-Cryo Release | NEOWISE Post-Cryo Release Explanatory Supplement |
| Documentation - NEOWISE Reactivation Releases | NEOWISE Reactivation Explanatory Supplement |
| Tutorials | Tutorial videos for WISE services |
IRSA Services - Preliminary Release
Note: The Preliminary Release has been superseded by the All-Sky Release. The Preliminary Release products are available for reference purposes, but should not be used for new research.
| Preliminary Release Catalog Search | Access WISE Preliminary Release catalogs using IRSA's catalog query engine |
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| Preliminary Release Introduction | WISE Preliminary Release Intro Page |
| NEOWISE Post-Cryo Preliminary Release Introduction | NEOWISE Post-Cryo Preliminary Release Intro Page |
| Preliminary Release Documentation | WISE Preliminary Release Explanatory Supplement |
| Catalog Bulk Download | WISE Preliminary Release Catalog Bulk Download |
Contributed Data Sets
| CatWISE | CatWISE Catalogs |
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| NEOWISE Small Bodies Catalog | NEOWISE Derived Diameters and Albedos of Solar System Small Bodies Catalog v2 |
| unWISE | unWISE Images and Catalog |
| WISE Catalog of Galactic HII Regions | WISE Catalog of Galactic HII Regions |
| z0MGS | The z=0 Multiwavelength Galaxy Synthesis (z0MGS) |
Other Resources
| NEOWISE website | NEOWISE Home Page at IPAC |
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| WISE website | WISE Home Page at Berkeley |
| NASA WISE website | WISE Mission Page at NASA |
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Equatorial Aitoff projection maps showing the area covered by the WISE All-Sky Release (top left),
the 3-Band Cryo Release (top right), the NEOWISE Post-Cryo Release (bottom left),
and NEOWISE Reactivation 2018 Release (bottom right).
Click for larger versions. The colors encode the average number of WISE
exposures.