The Midcourse Space Experiment Point Source Catalog Version 1.2 Explanatory Guide

Abstract

This Explanatory Guide to the MSX Point Source Catalog briefly describes the instrumentation, and the experiments, which emphasized the areas that IRAS did not survey, and the Galactic Plane. A detailed discussion of the calibration and data processing follows. This guide then describes the catalog contents and presents analyses of the reliability of the quoted fluxes and positions, and the completeness and reliability of the catalog as a whole.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 17, 1999
Accession Number
ADA381933

Entities

People

  • E. Tedesco
  • M. Cohen
  • M. M. Moshir
  • M. P. Egan
  • S. D. Price

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Bandwidth
  • Calibration
  • Data Processing
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Flux Density
  • Focal Plane Arrays
  • Image Processing
  • Information Processing
  • Infrared Detectors
  • Measurement
  • Reliability
  • Spacecraft
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Astronomy/Astrophysics
  • Software Engineering
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects