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The AKARI/IRC Mid-Infrared All-Sky Survey

Daisuke Ishihara·Takashi Onaka·Hirokazu Kataza·Alberto Salama·Carlos Alfageme·Angelo Cassatella·Nick Cox·Pedro Garcia-Lario·Craig Stephenson·Martin Cohen·Naofumi Fujishiro·Hideaki Fujiwara·Sunao Hasegawa·Yoshifusa Ita·Woojung Kim·Hideo Matsuhara·Hiroshi Murakami·Thomas G. Muller·Takao Nakagawa·Youichi Ohyama·Shinki Oyabu·Jeonghyun Pyo·Itsuki Sakon·Hiroshi Shibai·Satoshi Takita·Toshihiko Tanabe·Kazunori Uemizu·Munetaka Ueno·Fumihiko Usui·Takehiko Wada·Hiden ori Watarai·Issei Yamamura·Chisato Yamauchi
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Context : AKARI is the first Japanese astronomical satellite dedicated to infrar ed astronomy. One of the main purposes of AKARI is the all-sky survey performed with six infrared bands between 9 and 200um during the period from 2006 May 6 to 2007 August 28. In this paper, we present the mid-infrared part (9um and 18um b ands) of the survey carried out with one of the on-board instruments, the Infrar ed Camera (IRC). Aims : We present unprecedented observational results of the 9 and 18um AKARI al l-sky survey and detail the operation and data processing leading to the point s ource detection and measurements. Methods : The raw data are processed to produce small images for every scan and point sources candidates, above the 5-sigma noise level per single scan, are der ived. The celestial coordinates and fluxes of the events are determined statisti cally and the reliability of their detections is secured through multiple detect ions of the same source within milli-seconds, hours, and months from each other. Results : The sky coverage is more than 90% for both bands. A total of 877,091 s ources (851,189 for 9um, 195,893 for 18um) are confirmed and included in the cur rent release of the point source catalogue. The detection limit for point source s is 50mJy and 90mJy for the 9um and 18um bands, respectively. The position accu racy is estimated to be better than 2". Uncertainties in the in-flight absolute flux calibration are estimated to be 3% for the 9um band and 4% for the 18um ban d. The coordinates and fluxes of detected sources in this survey are also compar ed with those of the IRAS survey and found to be statistically consistent.

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Daisuke Ishihara, Takashi Onaka, Hirokazu Kataza, Alberto Salama, Carlos Alfageme, Angelo Cassatella, Nick Cox, Pedro Garcia-Lario, Craig Stephenson, Martin Cohen, Naofumi Fujishiro, Hideaki Fujiwara, Sunao Hasegawa, Yoshifusa Ita, Woojung Kim, Hideo Matsuhara, Hiroshi Murakami, Thomas G. Muller, Takao Nakagawa, Youichi Ohyama, Shinki Oyabu, Jeonghyun Pyo, Itsuki Sakon, Hiroshi Shibai, Satoshi Takita, Toshihiko Tanabe, Kazunori Uemizu, Munetaka Ueno, Fumihiko Usui, Takehiko Wada, Hiden ori Watarai, Issei Yamamura, Chisato Yamauchi. 2010-03-01. The AKARI/IRC Mid-Infrared All-Sky Survey. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913811

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