This directory contains products from the Spitzer First Look Survey.
The extragalatic and galactic components of the Spitzer First Look
Survey were executed on the observatory December 1-11, 2003 and the
ecliptic component was executed January 21-22, 2004. 

For more information, see
	http://ssc.spitzer.caltech.edu/fls/

Release notes and README files are provided in each FLS component
sub-directory with the data. 

***** THE ANCILLARY XFLS DATA ARE NOW PART OF THE XFLS DIRECTORY *****

Questions about the data should be directed to the Spitzer help desk
(help@spitzer.caltech.edu).

You can retrieve these data products using the wget scripts provided.


The original science products, as processed through the Spitzer
pipeline, have been archived, along with all other Spitzer data
and can be retrieved using the Spitzer Leopard interface.

Recommended download strategy for pipeline-processed products:

   a.  Download the Spitzer Pride software
        (http://ssc.spitzer.caltech.edu/propkit/spot/)
   b.  Install Spitzer Pride
   c.  Start Leopard
   d.  Select Popular Products Query from the File menu
       and choose the data sets you want
   e.  Select Download Selections from the file menu and let
       the Leopard Subscriber manage the data download from the
       Popular Products website.

We have created a status page

        http://ssc.spitzer.caltech.edu/archanaly/status

that shows the processing and archiving status for all of the
instrument campaigns. We update this frequently as we populate
the archive. Check there for release status of observations
for this, and other, Spitzer programs.

--updated 2009 Jan 14, LM Rebull, Spitzer Science Center