This directory contains Legacy science products delivered by the 
"MIPSGAL: A 24 and 70 Micron Survey of the Inner Galactic Disk 
with MIPS" Legacy Program.

See:
        http://ssc.spitzer.caltech.edu/legacy/

for more information about the science program.


The enhanced data products from this Legacy Program 
are organized into 3 deliveries:

20070925_enhanced/ :    docs/ :    5 files
                     MIPS_24/ :  468 files

20071016_enhanced/ :    docs/ :    5 files
                     MIPS_24/ :  464 files

20080718_enhanced/ :    docs/ :    1 files
                     MIPS_24/ : 1356 files


You can retrieve these data products using the wget scripts:

0_wget_mipsgal_20070925_all.script: all 20070925 delivery 
                                    (473 files)

0_wget_mipsgal_20071016_all.script: all 20071016 delivery
                                    (469 files)

0_wget_mipsgal_20080718_all.script: all 20080718 delivery
                                    (1357 files)

or using the wget scripts within each subdirectory to retrieve
the data products in the corresponding subdirectory.


These data are also available through a query-able interface
at the NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive (IRSA) at:

        http://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/data/SPITZER/MIPSGAL/

More recent deliveries may take time to appear here.


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pipeline, have been archived, along with all other Spitzer data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.

- S. Ramirez, Spitzer Science Center
  2008 Sep 16 

Updated 2009 Jan 14, LM Rebull, Spitzer Science Center