Development Of The Equatorial Infrared Catalogue From Satellite Data

Thomas F. Heinsheimer; Leeroy H. Sweeney; Frank F. Yates; Stephen P. Maran; Janet Rountree Lesh; Theresa A. Nagy

doi:10.1117/12.956764

12 December 1978 Development Of The Equatorial Infrared Catalogue From Satellite Data

Thomas F. Heinsheimer, Leeroy H. Sweeney, Frank F. Yates, Stephen P. Maran, Janet Rountree Lesh, Theresa A. Nagy

Proceedings Volume 0156, Modern Utilization of Infrared Technology IV; (1978) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.956764
Event: 22nd Annual Technical Symposium, 1978, San Diego, United States

Abstract

More than 40,000 infrared measurements of stellar sources have been obtained since November, 1976 during the ongoing process of compiling an Equatorial Infrared Catalogue. Because of the problem of eliminating spurious sources, which has affected earlier space surveys, we are making an extensive effort to verify the sources by means of (a) repetitive observations by satellite sensors, (b) crosscorrelation with a large data base developed from ground-based and space surveys at other wavelengths, and (c) investigation of a significant subset of the sources with a ground-based infrared telescope. As sources are verified, they are transferred from a working list to a screened preliminary version of the catalogue. The catalogue comprises the only survey of a significant area of the sky that has been accomplished (or is presently planned) with positional accuracies of a few arc seconds at a wavelength of ≥ 2 µm.

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Thomas F. Heinsheimer, Leeroy H. Sweeney, Frank F. Yates, Stephen P. Maran, Janet Rountree Lesh, and Theresa A. Nagy "Development Of The Equatorial Infrared Catalogue From Satellite Data", Proc. SPIE 0156, Modern Utilization of Infrared Technology IV, (12 December 1978); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.956764

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