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The IRAC Shallow Survey

Astrophysics 2023-07-12 v1

Abstract

The IRAC shallow survey covers 8.5 square degrees in the NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey in Bootes with 3 or more 30 second exposures per position. An overview of the survey design, reduction, calibration, star-galaxy separation, and initial results is provided. The survey includes approximately 370,000, 280,000, 38,000, and 34,000 sources brighter than the 5 sigma limits of 6.4, 8.8, 51, and 50 microJy at 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8 microns respectively, including some with unusual spectral energy distributions.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0406251,
  title  = {The IRAC Shallow Survey},
  author = {P. R. Eisenhardt and D. Stern and M. Brodwin and G. G. Fazio and G. H. Rieke and M. J. Rieke and M. W. Werner and E. L. Wright and L. E. Allen and R. G. Arendt and M. L. N. Ashby and P. Barmby and W. J. Forrest and J. L. Hora and J. -S. Huang and J. Huchra and M. A. Pahre and J. L. Pipher and W. T. Reach and H. A. Smith and J. R. Stauffer and Z. Wang and S. P. Willner and M. J. I. Brown and A. Dey and B. T. Jannuzi and G. P. Tiede},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0406251},
  year   = {2023}
}

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To appear in ApJS, Spitzer special issue. For full resolution see http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/irac/publications