The Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) Shallow Survey

2004192 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Peter Eisenhardt · Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Daniel Stern · Jet Propulsion Laboratory

M. Brodwin · Jet Propulsion Laboratory

G. G. Fazio · Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

G. H. Rieke · University of Arizona

Marcia Rieke · University of Arizona

M. W. Werner ·

Abstract

The Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) shallow survey covers 8.5 deg2 in the NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey in Boötes with three or more 30 s exposures per position. An overview of the survey design, reduction, calibration, star-galaxy separation, and initial results is provided. The survey includes ≈370,000, 280,000, 38,000, and 34,000 sources brighter than the 5 σ limits of 6.4, 8.8, 51, and 50 μJy at 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8 μm, respectively, including some with unusual spectral energy distributions.

Topics & Keywords

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Affordable and clean energy

Publication Details

Published in: The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

Volume 154, Issue 1, pp. 48-53

DOI: 10.1086/423180

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