Corrected IRAS 100 um Map

Map of the IRAS 100 um intensity. The data have been corrected using DIRBE data producing a reliable zero level and intensity scale. The intensities can be scaled to total hydrogen column density by multiplying by 1.44 x 1020 H cm-2 (MJy sr-1)-1. The units are MJy sr-1.

Credit: Schlegel, Finkbeiner, & Davis 1997, Astrophysical Journal, 500, 525

Corrected IRAS 100 um map

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