CONSTRUCTING A WISE HIGH RESOLUTION GALAXY ATLAS

Journal Article · Wed Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2012 · Astronomical Journal (New York, N.Y. Online)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/144/2/68· OSTI ID:22034375

Jarrett, T H; Masci, F; Tsai, C W; Fowler, J ^[1]; Petty, S; Lake, S; Wright, E ^[2]; Cluver, M ^[3]; Assef, Roberto J; Eisenhardt, P ^[4]; Benford, D ^[5]; Blain, A ^[6]; Bridge, C; Neill, James D ^[7]; Donoso, E ^[8]; Koribalski, B ^[9]; Seibert, M ^[10]; Sheth, K ^[11]; Stanford, S ^[12]

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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)

After eight months of continuous observations, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mapped the entire sky at 3.4 {mu}m, 4.6 {mu}m, 12 {mu}m, and 22 {mu}m. 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.

• OSTI ID: 22034375
• Journal Information: Astronomical Journal (New York, N.Y. Online), Vol. 144, Issue 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1538-3881
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

79 ASTROPHYSICS
COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
ASTRONOMY
ASTROPHYSICS
CATALOGS
GALACTIC EVOLUTION
GALAXIES
IMAGE PROCESSING
IMAGES
INFRARED SPECTRA
INFRARED SURVEYS
SPATIAL RESOLUTION
STATISTICS