IRAS Point Source Catalog

http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/all/iraspsc.html

• 12, 25, 60, and 100 microns
• Flux limit 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, and 1.0 Janskies (Jy)

  • W/m² = (λ/c) F (in Jy)

• position uncertainties are about
  • 2 to 6 arcseconds in the in-scan direction
  • 8 to 16 arcseconds in the cross-scan direction
  • delta 1 arcsecond = 2 parsecs

• Celestial pole and galactic pole 62.8717° apart 2000 Jan 1