Published August 2012 | Version v1
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CONSTRUCTING A WISE HIGH RESOLUTION GALAXY ATLAS

Creators

  • 1. Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)
  • 2. Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 (United States)
  • 3. Australian Astronomical Observatory, P.O. Box 296, Epping, NSW 1710 (Australia)
  • 4. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Mail Stop 169-221, Pasadena, CA 91109 (United States)
  • 5. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 665, Greenbelt, MD 20771 (United States)
  • 6. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, LE1 7RH Leicester (United Kingdom)
  • 7. Department of Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)
  • 8. Spitzer Science Center, IPAC, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)
  • 9. CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF), P.O. Box 76, Epping, NSW 1710 (Australia)
  • 10. Observatories of the Carnegie Insititution for Science, 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101 (United States)
  • 11. NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow. (United States)
  • 12. Department of Physics, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616 (United States)

Description

After eight months of continuous observations, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mapped the entire sky at 3.4 μm, 4.6 μm, 12 μm, and 22 μm. We have begun a dedicated WISE High Resolution Galaxy Atlas project to fully characterize large, nearby galaxies and produce a legacy image atlas and source catalog. Here we summarize the deconvolution techniques used to significantly improve the spatial resolution of WISE imaging, specifically designed to study the internal anatomy of nearby galaxies. As a case study, we present results for the galaxy NGC 1566, comparing the WISE enhanced-resolution image processing to that of Spitzer, Galaxy Evolution Explorer, and ground-based imaging. This is the first paper in a two-part series; results for a larger sample of nearby galaxies are presented in the second paper.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/144/2/68

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0004-6256/144/2/68;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Astronomical Journal (New York, N.Y. Online)
Journal Volume
144
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
[12 p.]
ISSN
1538-3881

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43123273
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; CATALOGS; GALACTIC EVOLUTION; GALAXIES; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGES; INFRARED SPECTRA; INFRARED SURVEYS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STATISTICS
Descriptors DEC
DOCUMENT TYPES; EVOLUTION; GEOLOGIC SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; MATHEMATICS; PHYSICS; PROCESSING; RESOLUTION; SPECTRA