AllWISE Infrared Sky Survey - WISE All-Sky Data Release
Abstract
"AllWISE combines all WISE mission phases into a full-sky mid‑infrared survey with 18,240 FITS image sets and a catalog of ~747 million sources at 3.4, 4.6, 12, and 22 μm."
Description
Overview
The AllWISE Data Release merges data from all cryogenic and post-cryogenic phases of NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) to provide a uniform, all-sky view in the mid-infrared. It is one of the cornerstone datasets for infrared astronomy and large-scale sky surveys.
Data Contents
- Image Atlas: 18,240 calibrated FITS image sets at 3.4, 4.6, 12, and 22 microns.
- Source Catalog: Positions, apparent motions, and fluxes for more than 747 million objects detected on the Atlas Images.
- Ancillary metadata including quality flags, profile-fit photometry, and extended-source indicators.
Science Applications
- Galaxy evolution and large-scale structure mapping.
- Brown dwarf and low-mass star searches in the solar neighborhood.
- Active galactic nuclei selection using mid-IR colors.
- Training ML models for source classification and photometric redshift estimation.
Access
The dataset is mirrored in the AWS Open Data Registry for scalable analyses over the full sky using cloud-based compute resources.
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Cite This Dataset
NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive (2013). AllWISE Infrared Sky Survey - WISE All-Sky Data Release. [Dataset]. NASA. https://registry.opendata.aws/wise-allwise
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Original source: NASA (2013). Visit official page for more details.
Indexed by IoTDataset.com on Jan 26, 2026
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