AKARI infrared bright source catalogues

Oyabu, S.; Yamamura, I.; Alfageme, C.; Barthel, P.; Cassatella, A.; Cohen, M.; Cox, N.; Figueredo, E.; Fujiwara, H.; Ikeda, N.; Ishihara, D.; Jeong, W.-S.; Kataza, H.; Kester, Do; Lee, H. M.; Makiuti, S.; Mueller, T. G.; Nakagawa, T.; Takita, S.; Oh, S. H.; Oliver, S.; Pearson, C.; Rahman, N.; Rowan-Robinson, M.; Salama, A.; Savage, R.; Serjeant, S.; White, G. J. and Yamauchi, C. (2010). AKARI infrared bright source catalogues. In: AKARI Infrared Bright Source Catalogues, 27 Jun 2010, San Diego, California, USA, 77312P-77312P-9.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856931

Abstract

Bright source catalogues based on the new mid- and far-infrared all-sky survey by the infrared astronomical satellite AKARI were released into the public domain in March 2010. The mid-infrared catalogue contains more than 870 thousand sources observed at 9 and 18 µm, and the far-infrared catalogue provides information of about 427 thousand sources at 65, 90, 140, and 160 µm. The AKARI catalogues will take over the IRAS catalogues and will become one of the most important catalogues in astronomy. We present the characteristics of the AKARI infrared source catalogues as well as current activity for the future versions.