This tar file contains the Planck Early Release Compact Source Catalog (ERCSC) and related Data Products, prepared on January 12, 2011, downloaded from IRSA (http://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/Missions/planck.html). Please see the Explanatory Supplement for Planck papers to cite if you use these products in your research. If you use IRSA in your research, please include the following acknowledgement in your paper: "This research has made use of the NASA/ IPAC Infrared Science Archive, which is operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration." For help, please contact the IRSA help desk: http://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/applications/Helpdesk Content of the tar file: Five directories: catalogs, cutouts, notes, skymaps, documents ERCSC Delivery Contents File Name Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- documents/ Documentation DIRECTORY: explanatory_supplement.pdf Full description of the release ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- catalogs/ Source Lists DIRECTORY: ERCSC_f030.fits 30 GHz PwS-based list ERCSC_f044.fits 44 GHz PwS-based list ERCSC_f070.fits 70 GHz PwS-based list ERCSC_f100.fits 100 GHz PwS-based list ERCSC_f143.fits 143 GHz PwS-based list ERCSC_f217.fits 217 GHz SExtractor-based list ERCSC_f353.fits 353 GHz SExtractor-based list ERCSC_f545.fits 545 GHz SExtractor-based list ERCSC_f857.fits 857 GHz SExtractor-based list (includes 217, 353, 545 GHz aperture photometry at the location of 857 GHz sources) ECC.fits Cold Cores list ESZ.fits SZ Cluster list ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- skymaps/ Images of Sky Distribution DIRECTORY: ERCSC_f030_skymap.pdf .... ERCSC_f857_skymap.pdf ECC_skymap.pdf ESZ_skymap.pdf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- cutouts/ Collated Source Postage Stamps DIRECTORY: ERCSC_f030_cutouts.pdf CMB subtracted postage stamps of sources .... ERCSC_f857_cutouts.pdf ECC_cutouts.pdf ECC postage stamps from maps at 353, 545, 857 GHz ERCSC_f030_psf_cutouts.pdf postage stamps of Planck PSF at location of source .... ERCSC_f857_psf_cutouts.pdf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- notes/ Notes on Individual Sources DIRECTORY: ERCSC_f030_notes.txt .... ERCSC_f857_notes.txt ECC_notes.txt ESZ_notes.txt