Spitzer Deep Wide-Field Survey 5.8 micron Epoch 4 Catalog

The Spitzer Deep, Wide-Field Survey (SDWFS) is a four-epoch infrared survey of 10 square degrees in the Boötes field of the NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey using the IRAC instrument on the Spitzer Space Telescope. SDWFS, a Spitzer Cycle 4 Legacy project, occupies a unique position in the area-depth survey space defined by other Spitzer surveys. The four epochs that make up SDWFS permit - for the first time - the selection of infrared-variable and high proper motion objects over a wide field on timescales of years. Because of its large survey volume, SDWFS is sensitive to galaxies out to z ~ 3 with relatively little impact from cosmic variance for all but the richest systems. The SDWFS data sets will thus be especially useful for characterizing galaxy evolution beyond z ~ 1.5.

The delivery consists of four band-matched catalogs for each of the four epochs and for the total SDWFS coadd data, a total of 20 catalogs. Vega magnitudes are reported for each IRAC band: 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8 microns. Each source was measured three ways: 4 arcsec diameter aperture, 6 arcsec diameter aperture, and Kron radius aperture (MAG_AUTO in SExtractor). Source coordinates correspond to 2MASS catalog positions to within 0.2 arcsec. The tabulated uncertainties are twice the SExtractor (statistical only) uncertainties as an attempt to account for systematic uncertainties.

To access this resource via TAP, issue ADQL queries on the table named sdwfs_ch3_epoch4.

Identifier
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/irsa.ipac/Spitzer/Catalog/SDWFS/SDWFSI3Ep4
Related Identifier https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/data/SPITZER/SDWFS/gator_docs/sdwfs_colDescriptions.html
Related Identifier https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/Gator/nph-dd?catalog=sdwfs_ch3_epoch4
Metadata Access http://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/pmh/pubreg.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_b2find&identifier=ivo://irsa.ipac/Spitzer/Catalog/SDWFS/SDWFSI3Ep4
Provenance
Creator SDWFS team
Publisher NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive
Publication Year 2015
OpenAccess true
Contact IRSA Support Team <irsasupport(at)ipac.caltech.edu>
Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Galactic and extragalactic Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Physics