H-alpha Full Sky Map

The full-sky H-alpha map (6' FWHM resolution) is a composite of the Virginia Tech Spectral line Survey (VTSS) in the north and the Southern H-Alpha Sky Survey Atlas (SHASSA) in the south. Stellar artifacts and bleed trails have been carefully removed from these maps. The Wisconsin H-Alpha Mapper (WHAM) survey provides a stable zero-point over 3/4 of the sky on a one degree scale. This composite map can be used to provide limits on thermal bremsstrahlung (free-free emission) from ionized gas known to contaminate microwave-background data. The map (in Rayleighs; 1R=106/4pi photons/cm2/s/sr), an error map, and a bitmask are provided in 8640x4320 Cartesian projections as well as HEALPIX (Nside 256, 512, and 1024) projections on the H-Alpha Full-Sky Map website. Provenance: . This is a service of NASA HEASARC.

Identifier
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/nasa.heasarc/skyview/halpha
Related Identifier https://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov
Related Identifier https://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/query.pl
Metadata Access http://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/pmh/pubreg.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_b2find&identifier=ivo://nasa.heasarc/skyview/halpha
Provenance
Publisher NASA/GSFC HEASARC
Contributor Skyview Project
Publication Year 2024
OpenAccess true
Contact SkyView Help <Skyview at skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov>
Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics