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DIRBE PROJECT DATA SETS
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DIRBE PROJECT DATA SETS
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Description | No. Of Files/Size |
Format | Images |
| Annual Average Sky Maps | Average of intensities for all 10 bands over the entire cryogenic mission; 1 file per band. More... | 10 files 11 MB each | FITS BINTABLE | ![]() |
| Calibrated Annual File (DCAF) | Merged, pixel-ordered, weekly-averaged intensities for cryogenic mission. One file per face of the skycube. More... | 6 files ~200 MB each | FITS BINTABLE | N/A |
| Calibrated Individual Observations (CIO) | 1/8th sec sampled sky survey data listed in pixel order for each day of the cryogenic mission. More... | 285 files 60 MB each | FITS BINTABLE | N/A |
| CIO Pixel Index | Specifies which pixels are covered in each daily CIO file, and which rows in the CIO file contain data for a given pixel. More... | 285 files 1 MB each | FITS BINTABLE | N/A |
| DCAF Pixel Index | Specifies which rows in the DCAF file contain data for each DIRBE pixel, and for which weeks of the mission More... | 6 files 1 MB each | FITS BINTABLE | N/A |
| e = 90° Sky Maps | Intensities for all 10 bands for the special case of e = 90° ; 1 file per band. More... | 10 files 13 MB each | FITS BINTABLE | ![]() |
| Galactic Plane Maps | Galactic plane subset of e = 90° Sky Maps; Limited to a 6 month interval. More... | 1 file 6 MB | FITS BINTABLE | N/A |
| Time-Ordered Data | Calibrated time-ordered data; 1 file per week of optimized cryogenic operation. More... | 40 files 190 MB each | Native | ![]() |
| Weekly Sky Maps | Weekly-averaged intensities for 10 bands and Stokes Q and U parameters for 1.25, 2.2, and 3.5 µn bands: 1 file per week. More... | 41 files 28 MB each | FITS BINTABLE | ![]() |
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DIRBE ANALYZED SCIENCE DATA SETS
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DIRBE ANALYZED SCIENCE DATA SETS
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Description | No. Of Files/Size |
Format | Images |
| DIRBE Sky And Zodi Atlas (DSZA) | Augmented form of the DCAF; includes a modeled IPD intensity for each week and each wavelength. More... | 6 files ~200 MB each | FITS BINTABLE | N/A |
| Faint Source Model | Predicted contribution to the diffuse sky brightness due to (faint) stars and other discrete galactic sources. Model sky maps at 1.25, 2.2, 3.5, 4.9, 12 and 25 µn. More... | 6 files 5 MB each | FITS BINTABLE | ![]() |
| Photometric Standard Values | Names, positions, and photometric data for the 92 objects used to establish the baseline relative celestial calibration system. More... | 1 file .01 MB each | FITS BINTABLE | N/A |
| Pixel Index to DSZA | Analogous to the DCAF pixel index, but for the DSZA. More... | 6 files 1 MB each | FITS BINTABLE | N/A |
| Solar System Objects Data | DIRBE observations of Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Ceres, Palas, and Vesta, including flux density measurements and ancillary data. More... | 7 files .05 MB each | FITS BINTABLE | N/A |
| Zodi-Subtracted Mission Average Maps (ZSMA) | Average sky brightness after removal of the DIRBE IPD model for each of the 10 wavelength bands. More... | 10 files 6.3 MB each | FITS BINTABLE | ![]() |
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DIRBE ANCILLARY DATA PRODUCTS
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DIRBE ANCILLARY DATA PRODUCTS
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Description | No. Of Files/Size |
Format | Images |
| Beam Characteristics | Table of beam centroids and solid angles as a function of time. More... | 1 file 3.2 KB | ASCII | N/A |
| Beam Profiles | Effective two-dimensional shape of DIRBE beam for each detector. More... | 16 files .5 MB each | FITS image | N/A |
| Color Corrections | Color correction factors needed in case source spectrum is not vIv = constant. More... | 1 file 37 KB | ASCII | N/A |
| DIRBE SkyMap Info | Documentation of the Quad-Sphere projection at DIRBE resolution. This file does not contain any instrument data. More... | 1 file 12 MB | FITS BINTABLE | N/A |
| System Responses | Normalized system spectral response functions for each wavelength band. More... | 1 file 63 KB | ASCII | N/A |
| TOD Record Structure | Condensed listing of the record structure and contents of the DIRBE Time-Ordered Data. More... | 1 file 38 KB | ASCII | N/A |
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