Spitzer observations of the North Ecliptic Pole
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We present a photometric catalog for Spitzer Space Telescope warm mission observations of the North Ecliptic Pole (NEP; centered at R.A. = 18h00m00s, decl. = 66d33m38fs552). The observations are conducted with IRAC in the 3.6 and 4.5 μm bands over an area of 7.04 deg2, reaching 1σ depths of 1.29 μJy and 0.79 μJy in the 3.6 μm and 4.5 μm bands, respectively. The photometric catalog contains 380,858 sources with 3.6 and 4.5 μm band photometry over the full-depth NEP mosaic. Point-source completeness simulations show that the catalog is 80% complete down to 19.7 AB. The accompanying catalog can be used for constraining the physical properties of extragalactic objects, studying the AGN population, measuring the infrared colors of stellar objects, and studying the extragalactic infrared background light.
Date Issued
2018-02-08
Date Acceptance
2017-11-19
Citation
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES, 2018, 234 (2)
ISSN
0067-0049
Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
Journal / Book Title
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
Volume
234
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2018. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Astronomy & Astrophysics
infrared: galaxies
infrared: stars
surveys
STANDARD STELLAR LIBRARY
GALAXY NUMBER COUNTS
INFRARED BACKGROUND ANISOTROPIES
STAR-FORMING GALAXIES
WIDE-FIELD SURVEY
SPACE-TELESCOPE
EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS
DEEP SURVEY
LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS
SURVEY STRATEGY
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 38