Characterization of Extragalactic 24 Micron Sources in the <i>Spitzer</i> First Look Survey
Characterization of Extragalactic 24 Micron Sources in the <i>Spitzer</i> First Look Survey
In this paper, we present the initial characterization of extragalactic 24 μm sources in the Spitzer First Look Survey by examining their counterparts at the 8 μm and R bands. The color-color diagram of 24/8 μm versus 24/0.7 μm is populated with 18,734 sources brighter than the 3 σ flux …