# unWISE: Unblurred Coadds of the WISE Imaging

@article{Lang2014unWISEUC,
title={unWISE: Unblurred Coadds of the WISE Imaging},
author={Dustin Lang},
journal={The Astronomical Journal},
year={2014},
volume={147},
pages={108}
}
• D. Lang
• Published 2014
• Physics
• The Astronomical Journal
The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite observed the full sky in four mid-infrared bands in the 2.8-28 μm range. The primary mission was completed in 2010. The WISE team has done a superb job of producing a series of high-quality, well-documented, complete data releases in a timely manner. However, the "Atlas Image" coadds that are part of the recent AllWISE and previous data releases were intentionally blurred. Convolving the images by the point-spread function while coadding… Expand
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