MIPSGAL 24 micron Catalog Column Descriptions
Overview
The MIPSGAL Survey is a Legacy Program of the Spitzer Space Telescope that imaged the 24 and 70 micron emission along the inner disk of the Milky Way (Carey et al. 2009). These mid-infrared bands are sensitive to the thermal emission radiated by interstellar dust grains that reside within a broad range of environments such as the envelopes of evolved stars, circumstellar disks and infalling envelopes surrounding young stellar objects, HII regions, supernova remnants, and the extended domains of dense, interstellar clouds. With its primary 24 micron band, MIPSGAL provides a critical wavelength measurement, which links the near infrared data from 2MASS and GLIMPSE to the far-infrared/submillimeter information for both point sources and diffuse emission.
For details on how the MIPSGAL 24 micron Catalog (high quality) and Archive (more complete) were created, see the documentation. If you use these catalogs, please cite Gutermuth & Heyer (2015).
| Name | Intype | Units | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIPSGAL_NAME | char | MIPSGAL name | |
| L | double | deg | Galactic longitude |
| B | double | deg | Galactic latitude |
| ra | double | deg | Right Ascension, (J2000) |
| dec | double | deg | Declination, (J2000) |
| FNU_24 | double | mJy | 24 micron flux density |
| SIGMA_FNU_24 | double | mJy | Uncertainty in 24 micron flux density |
| MAG_24 | double | mag | 24 micron magnitude (Vega) |
| SIGMA_MAG_24 | double | mag | Uncertainty in 24 micron magnitude |
| TWOMASS_NAME | char | 2MASS name | |
| FNU_J | double | mJy | J band flux density |
| SIGMA_FNU_J | double | mJy | Uncertainty in J band flux density |
| FNU_H | double | mJy | H band flux density |
| SIGMA_FNU_H | double | mJy | Uncertainty in J band flux density |
| FNU_KS | double | mJy | K band flux density |
| SIGMA_FNU_KS | double | mJy | Uncertainty in J band flux density |
| GLIMPSE_NAME | char | GLIMPSE name | |
| FNU_3_6 | double | mJy | 3.6 micron flux density |
| SIGMA_FNU_3_6 | double | mJy | Uncertainty in 3.6 micron flux density |
| FNU_4_5 | double | mJy | 4.5 micron flux density |
| SIGMA_FNU_4_5 | double | mJy | Uncertainty in 4.5 micron flux density |
| FNU_5_8 | double | mJy | 5.8 micron flux density |
| SIGMA_FNU_5_8 | double | mJy | Uncertainty in 5.8 micron flux density |
| FNU_8_0 | double | mJy | 8 micron flux density |
| SIGMA_FNU_8_0 | double | mJy | Uncertainty in 8 micron flux density |
| WISE_NAME | char | WISE name | |
| FNU_W1 | double | mJy | WISE band 1 flux density |
| SIGMA_FNU_W1 | double | mJy | Uncertainty in WISE band 1 flux density |
| FNU_W2 | double | mJy | WISE band 2 flux density |
| SIGMA_FNU_W2 | double | mJy | Uncertainty in WISE band 2 flux density |
| FNU_W3 | double | mJy | WISE band 3 flux density |
| SIGMA_FNU_W3 | double | mJy | Uncertainty in WISE band 3 flux density |
| FNU_W4 | double | mJy | WISE band 4 flux density |
| SIGMA_FNU_W4 | double | mJy | Uncertainty in WISE band 4 flux density |
| MAG_J | double | mag | J band magnitude (Vega) |
| SIGMA_MAG_J | double | mag | Uncertainty in J band magnitude (Vega) |
| MAG_H | double | mag | H band magnitude (Vega) |
| SIGMA_MAG_H | double | mag | Uncertainty in J band magnitude (Vega) |
| MAG_KS | double | mag | K band magnitude (Vega) |
| SIGMA_MAG_KS | double | mag | Uncertainty in J band magnitude (Vega) |
| MAG_3_6 | double | mag | 3.6 micron magnitude (Vega) |
| SIGMA_MAG_3_6 | double | mag | Uncertainty in 3.6 micron magnitude (Vega) |
| MAG_4_5 | double | mag | 4.5 micron magnitude (Vega) |
| SIGMA_MAG_4_5 | double | mag | Uncertainty in 4.5 micron magnitude (Vega) |
| MAG_5_8 | double | mag | 5.8 micron magnitude (Vega) |
| SIGMA_MAG_5_8 | double | mag | Uncertainty in 5.8 micron magnitude (Vega) |
| MAG_8_0 | double | mag | 8 micron magnitude (Vega) |
| SIGMA_MAG_8_0 | double | mag | Uncertainty in 8 micron magnitude (Vega) |
| MAG_W1 | double | mag | WISE band 1 magnitude (Vega) |
| SIGMA_MAG_W1 | double | mag | Uncertainty in WISE band 1 magnitude (Vega) |
| MAG_W2 | double | mag | WISE band 2 magnitude (Vega) |
| SIGMA_MAG_W2 | double | mag | Uncertainty in WISE band 2 magnitude (Vega) |
| MAG_W3 | double | mag | WISE band 3 magnitude (Vega) |
| SIGMA_MAG_W3 | double | mag | Uncertainty in WISE band 3 magnitude (Vega) |
| MAG_W4 | double | mag | WISE band 4 magnitude (Vega) |
| SIGMA_MAG_W4 | double | mag | Uncertainty in WISE band 4 magnitude (Vega) |
| D_NN | float | arcsec | Nearest Neighbor Distance |
| GLIMPSE_COUNT | int | Number of GLIMPSE sources within 6.35 arcsec aperture | |
| TWOMASS_COUNT | int | Number of 2MASS sources within 6.35 arcsec aperture | |
| WISE_COUNT | int | Number of WISE sources within 6.35 arcsec aperture | |
| FWHM | float | arcsec | Full width at half maximum |
| SKY_24 | double | MJy/sr | Sky background |
| COMP_LIM_FNU_24 | float | mJy | 90% differential completeness limit, mJy |
| COMP_LIM_MAG_24 | float | mag | 90% differential completeness limit, Vega mag |
| EDGE_FLAG | int | Edge flag: set to 1 when aperture overlaps masked area | |
| INT_CONFUSE_FLAG | int | Confusion flag: see Table 3 |