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Published December 2010 | Published
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Spitzer MIPS 24 and 70 μm Imaging Near the South Ecliptic Pole: Maps and Source Catalogs

Abstract

We have imaged an 11.5 deg^2 region of sky toward the South Ecliptic Pole (R.A. = 04^h43^m, decl. = −53◦40', J2000) at 24 and 70μm with MIPS, the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer. This region is coincident with a field mapped at longer wavelengths by AKARI and BLAST. We discuss our data reduction and source extraction procedures. The median 1σ depths of the maps are 47 μJy beam^(−1) at 24μm and 4.3 mJy beam^(−1) at 70μm. At 24μm, we identify 93,098 point sources with signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) ≥ 5 and an additional 63 resolved galaxies; at 70μm we identify 891 point sources with S/N 6. From simulations, we determine a false detection rate of 1.8% (1.1%) for the 24μm (70μm) catalog. The 24 and 70μm point-source catalogs are 80% complete at 230 μJy and 11 mJy, respectively. These mosaic images and source catalogs will be available to the public through the NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive.

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© 2010 American Astronomical Society. Received 2010 June 30; accepted 2010 October 1; published 2010 November 15. We thank the anonymous referee for his/her suggestions, which improved the clarity of this paper. This work is based on observations made with the Spitzer Space Telescope, which is operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology under a contract with NASA. Support for this work was provided by NASA through an award issued by JPL/Caltech. This research was supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and by the Canadian Space Agency. This research has made use of the NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive (IRSA) and the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED), both of which are operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Facilities: Spitzer (MIPS)

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