IRAS Explanatory Supplement
VIII. Sky Coverage, Confusion, Completeness and Reliability

Chapter Contents

1. Introduction
2. Sky Coverage
3. Point Source Confusion
4. Reliability and Completeness of Point Source Catalog
1. Definitions, Assumptions and Limitations
2. Formalism for the Determination of Completeness and Reliability
1. Completeness
2. Reliability
3. Estimation of Parameters
4. Completeness and Reliability Outside of the Galactic Plane
1. Estimates from Minisurvey Data
2. Verification of the Completeness from Source Counts
3. Reliability of Point Sources with Flux densities of Moderate Quality
5. Completeness and Reliability in the Galactic Plane
6. Galactic Plane Shadow
5. Completeness and Reliability of the Catalog of Small Extended Sources

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Authors:

M. Rowan-Robinson, P. Clegg, C. Beichman, T. Chester, T. Conrow, H. Habing, G. Helou, G. Neugebauer, T. Soifer and D. Walker

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References:

Low, F.J. et al., 1984, Ap.J., 278, L19.

Rowan-Robinson, M. et al., 1984, Ap.J. 278, L7.