GLIMPSE. I. AnSIRTFLegacy Project to Map the Inner Galaxy

2003/06/13 by Robert A. Benjamin, E. Churchwell, B. Babler +27 · 68 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Galactic Center #Galactic plane #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Infrared #Infrared astronomy #Infrared telescope #Physics #Spiral galaxy #Spitzer Space Telescope #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Telescope #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1086/376696

published as Publ.Astron.Soc.Pac.115:953-964,2003 · Description of GLIMPSE, a SIRTF Legacy project (Aug 2003 PASP, in press). Paper with full res.color figures at http://www.astro.wisc.edu/glimpse/glimpsepubs.html

arxiv created 2003/06/13 · openalex publication_date 2003/08/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

Abstract

The Galactic Legacy Infrared Mid‐Plane Survey Extraordinaire (GLIMPSE), a Space Infrared Telescope Facility ( SIRTF ) Legacy Science Program, will be a fully sampled, confusion‐limited infrared survey of 2/3 of the inner Galactic disk with a pixel resolution of ∼1 2 using the Infrared Array Camera at 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8.0 μm. The survey will cover Galactic latitudes |b|≤1° and longitudes |l| = 10°–65° (both sides of the Galactic center). The survey area contains the outer ends of the Galactic bar, the Galactic molecular ring, and the inner spiral arms. The GLIMPSE team will process these data to produce a point‐source catalog, a point‐source data archive, and a set of mosaicked images. We summarize our observing strategy, give details of our data products, and summarize some of the principal science questions that will be addressed using GLIMPSE data. Up‐to‐date documentation, survey progress, and information on complementary data sets are available on the GLIMPSE Web site.

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