Optical Identification of 15 µm Sources in the AKARI Performance Verification Field toward the North Ecliptic Pole

Im, M.; Lee, H. M.; Inami, H.; Serjeant, S.; Pearson, C. P.; Ohyama, Y.; Takagi, T.; Jeong, W. -S.; Matsuhara, H.; Oyabu, S.; Wada, T.; Lee, M. G.; Nakagawa, T.; Hwang, N.; Hanami, H.; Imai, K.; Onaka, T.; Tanabé, T.; Kim, W.; Sakon, I.; Murakami, H.; Ita, Y.; Ishihara, D.; Kataza, H.; Matsumoto, T.; Ueno, M.; Fujishiro, N.; Uemizu, K.; Watarai, H.; Kang, E.; Pak, S.

Abstract

We present the results of optical identifications for 257 mid-infrared sources detected with a deep 15K_{s}

2007 Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
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