Confusion of Extragalactic Sources in the Mid- and Far-Infrared: Spitzer and Beyond

H. Dole, G. H. Rieke, G. Lagache, J-L. Puget, A. Alonso-Herrero, L. Bai, M. Blaylock, E. Egami, C. W. Engelbracht, K. D. Gordon, D. C. Hines, D. M. Kelly, E. Le Floc'h, K. A. Misselt, J. E. Morrison, J. Muzerolle, C. Papovich, P. G. Perez-Gonzalez, M. J. Rieke, J. R. Rigby, G. Neugebauer, J. A. Stansberry, K. Y. L. Su, E. T. Young, C. A. Beichman, P. L. Richards 2004, ApJS, 154, 93

We use the source counts measured with the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS) at 24, 70, and 160 microns to determine the 5-sigma confusion limits due to extragalactic sources: 56 micro-Jy, 3.2 and 40 mJy at 24, 70 and 160 microns, respectively. We also make predictions for confusion limits for a number of proposed far infrared missions of larger aperture (3.5 to 10m diameter).

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