First Look Survey (FLS)
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Goals The primary goals of this ~110-hour survey were (1) to provide a characteristic "first-look" at the mid-infrared sky at sensitivities that are ~100 times deeper than previous systematic large-area surveys; and (2) to rapidly process the data and place it into the public domain in time to impact early Spitzer investigations.
Data release
See the Extragalactic FLS page for several recent releases.Data are available from our archive popular products website.
Finding the AORs. The FLS Programs and AORs are listed with Tom Soifer as PI (because it is DDT). The information to find these AORs in Spot (or the ROC or other Spitzer products) is:
| pid | program name (links to abstract) | description |
| 26 | FLS_EXTRAGAL | First Look Survey - Extragalactic Component |
| 98 | FLS_ECLIPTIC_PLANE | First Look Survey - Ecliptic Plane Component |
| 104 | FLS_GAL | First Look Survey - Galactic Component |
More Information.
- Survey Motivation
- Survey Goals
- Extragalactic Component
- Galactic Component
- Ecliptic Component
- Data Products
History of the FLS
In early 1999, SSC Director Tom Soifer (Caltech) and Spitzer Project Scientist Mike Werner (JPL) chartered an ad hoc advisory committee, chaired by Robert E. Williams (Space Telescope Science Institute). The committee met on April 29-30, 1999 in Pasadena, with the directive to consider the most appropriate response(s) of Spitzer to the loss of WIRE. A Community Workshop, convened by Tom Soifer, Director of the Spitzer Science Center (SSC), met on September 15 and 16, 1999 on the Caltech Campus in Pasadena, CA. The co-Chairs of the Workshop were Jim Condon (NRAO-Charlottesville) and Phil Myers (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA). The purpose of the workshop was to formulate a scientific definition of the Spitzer First Look Survey (FLS), in terms of observational goals and priorities.- Full Workshop Final Report (also available in pdf format)
