NSSDCA ID: ASIR-00020
Availability: Archived at NSSDC, accessible from elsewhere
The "Serendipitous Survey Catalog (SSC)" contains fortuitous observations of 43,866 pointlike sources that happened to lie in the 1813 individual fields included in the Pointed Observation Program. Its limiting sensitivity is higher than that of the "Point Source Catalog" typically by a factor of 4 because of longer integration times for each source. The amount of sky sampled in the SSC is nearly 1400 sq deg, but because of uneven sensitivity across the point observation fields, the effective sky coverage is 1108 sq deg. This data set is on magnetic tape. For more information on this data set, see "Explanatory Supplement to the IRAS Serendipitous Survey Catalog," by S.G. Kleinmann et al., 1986. Detailed information on the data base is available by contacting IPAC, 100-22, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125.
Questions and comments about this data collection can be directed to: Coordinated Request and User Support Office
Name | Role | Original Affiliation | |
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Dr. Susan G. Kleinmann | Data Provider | University of Massachusetts | kleinamnn@phast.umass.edusgk@sgk.phast.umass.edu |
Dr. Thomas J. Chester | General Contact | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | tchester@ipac.caltech.edu |