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    • Hi-GAL 160 micron Photometric Catalog

    Metadata Updated: April 10, 2026

    The Herschel infrared Galactic Plane Survey (Hi-GAL) covers the Galactic plane at five wavelengths from 70 to 500 microns. Hi-GAL DR1 is limited to the inner Milky Way in the longitude range +68d > l > -70d and latitude range 1d > b > -1d. The generation of the Hi-GAL photometric catalogs is discussed in detail in Molinari et al. (2016).

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026
    Publisher NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive
    Maintainer
    Identifier ivo://irsa.ipac/herschel/catalog/hi-gal/hi-gal_160
    Data Last Modified 2026-04-06
    Category Astrophysics
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 5cc3045c-cad6-4e03-8c4a-21c0997e4ef5
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL ivo://irsa.ipac/herschel/catalog/hi-gal/hi-gal_160
    License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 40bfaf11970f03cdb37cb6338432606c4698ba3695e8f5839c9e29fe526bde7d
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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