DIRBE Data Products

DIRBE PROJECT DATA SETS
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Annual Average Sky Maps
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Average of intensities for all 10 bands over the entire cryogenic mission; 1 file per band. More...
10 files 11 MB each
Calibrated Annual File (DCAF)
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Merged, pixel-ordered, weekly-averaged intensities for cryogenic mission. One file per face of the skycube. More...
6 files ~200 MB each
Calibrated Individual Observations (CIO)
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1/8th sec sampled sky survey data listed in pixel order for each day of the cryogenic mission. More...
285 files 60 MB each
CIO Pixel Index
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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
DCAF Pixel Index
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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
e = 90° Sky Maps
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Intensities for all 10 bands for the special case of e = 90° ; 1 file per band. More...
10 files 13 MB each
Galactic Plane Maps
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Galactic plane subset of e = 90° Sky Maps; Limited to a 6 month interval. More...
1 file 6 MB
Time-Ordered Data
Calibrated time-ordered data; 1 file per week of optimized cryogenic operation. More...
40 files 190 MB each
Weekly Sky Maps
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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
DIRBE ANALYZED SCIENCE DATA SETS
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DIRBE Sky And Zodi Atlas (DSZA)
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Augmented form of the DCAF; includes a modeled IPD intensity for each week and each wavelength. More...
6 files ~200 MB each
Faint Source Model
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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
Photometric Standard Values
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Names, positions, and photometric data for the 92 objects used to establish the baseline relative celestial calibration system. More...
1 file .01 MB each
Pixel Index to DSZA
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Analogous to the DCAF pixel index, but for the DSZA. More...
6 files 1 MB each
Solar System Objects Data
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DIRBE observations of Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Ceres, Palas, and Vesta, including flux density measurements and ancillary data. More...
7 files .05 MB each
Zodi-Subtracted Mission Average Maps (ZSMA)
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Average sky brightness after removal of the DIRBE IPD model for each of the 10 wavelength bands. More...
10 files 6.3 MB each
DIRBE ANCILLARY DATA PRODUCTS
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Beam Characteristics
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Table of beam centroids and solid angles as a function of time. More...
1 file 3.2 KB
Beam Profiles
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Effective two-dimensional shape of DIRBE beam for each detector. More...
16 files .5 MB each
Color Corrections
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Color correction factors needed in case source spectrum is not vIv = constant. More...
1 file 37 KB
DIRBE SkyMap Info
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Documentation of the Quad-Sphere projection at DIRBE resolution. This file does not contain any instrument data. More...
1 file 12 MB
System Responses
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Normalized system spectral response functions for each wavelength band. More...
1 file 63 KB
TOD Record Structure
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Condensed listing of the record structure and contents of the DIRBE Time-Ordered Data. More...
1 file 38 KB
THIRD-PARTY DIRBE PRODUCTS
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Point Source Catalogs at ETSU Site
An all-sky catalog containing infrared photometry in 10 bands from 1.25 to 240 microns for 11,788 of the brightest near and mid-infrared point sources in the sky.
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Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
HEASARC Director: Dr. Andrew F. Ptak
LAMBDA Director: Dr. Thomas M. Essinger-Hileman
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