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astro-legacy-archive/iras-galactic-plane-maps

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Declared licence: other, from the tagEvidence: README.md at 8f7568a
Licence name on the card: heasarc-data-use-policy, link: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/data_policy.htmlEvidence: README.md at 8f7568a
Licence files: No licence file at the top level of the repositoryEvidence: file list at 8f7568a
Declared sources: None listed in the card metadata
Access gated on Hugging Face: No

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Each artifact embeds its exact source URL, byte size and SHA-256, the complete served FITS header, raw-value decode, and structured rights and credit.

the IRAS project produced the data. LAMBDA, part of
HEASARC at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, hosts this copy. The linked HEASARC
page is a data-use policy, not a separately named formal licence. It states:
“HEASARC materials are all available freely for your use.”

Requested acknowledgement (exact text):

> We acknowledge the use of the Legacy Archive for Microwave Background Data Analysis (LAMBDA), part of the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Center (HEASARC). HEASARC/LAMBDA is a service of the Astrophysics Science Division at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

Please cite the [*Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) Catalogs and Atlases*, vol. 1, *Explanatory Supplement*](https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/iras/docs/exp.sup/index.html), 1988, ed. C. Beichman et al., NASA RP-1190 (Washington, DC: GPO), for the observations and Galactic Plane Maps.

For the converted Parquet release, cite *IRAS Galactic Plane Maps*, Astro Legacy Archive, Hugging Face datasets (2026), using the DOI shown on this dataset page after publication.

Source-backed documentation for the statements above:

- [source product description and scientific caveats](https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/iras/iras_galp_info.html) — SHA-256 `e661da641047cfe4af5d1525fcc69e17a7deab244a77141021eca9688dc31e75` checked 2026-09-02.
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