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 -1d < b < +1d for Galactic longitudes
of l < 69d and l > 292d. Version 3.0 of the MIPSGAL data includes mosaics
only at 24um, but covering the entire survey region. |b| < 1d is covered for
-68d < l < 69d, and |b| < 3d is covered for -8d < l < 9d. For
each tile position, there are 6 FITS images: the 24um image, a corresponding
standard deviation mosaic, mask cube, coverage map, point source subtracted
image, and completeness decay cube. The point source removal was accomplished by
using the Spitzer Science Center MOPEX/APEX software package (Makavoz &
Marleau 2005) with a tailored Point Response Function (PRF) for optimal matching
of the integrated flux within the Point Source Function (PSF) of the individual
24 micron sources, and minimal residuals after the subtraction.
If you use MIPSGAL data, please cite the journal articles Carey et al.
(2009) for the survey and Gutermuth & Heyer
(2015) for the catalogs and completeness decay cubes, as well as the dataset
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.26131/IRSA435.
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