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SPHEREx Sky
Time-Machine

Explore the infrared sky through real SPHEREx spectral-image archive records. Search a position, constrain the observation period and wavelength range, and inspect archive metadata without inventing observations.

01 / Search parameters

SPHEREx collections

Observation date range (optional)

Wavelength range (optional)

Coordinates are J2000/ICRS. Choose collections explicitly. Dates and wavelengths are optional. The DR1 cube collection is a separate all-sky product; select it when needed. Target coordinates other than WISE 0855 must be entered manually.

02 / Archive results

Ready. Select collections, enter coordinates, and search the live archive.
—Image records
—Distinct time values*
—Collections queried
Your real SPHEREx archive results will appear here.

*Distinct time values are estimated from returned metadata. Multiple detector images may belong to one observing epoch. A failed archive query is not the same as zero observations.

03 / Real SPHEREx FITS viewer

Choose “View FITS cutout” on an archive result to load its real image data here.
Scroll to zoom · drag to pan

The red cross marks the searched ICRS coordinate. SPHEREx false colour visualizes infrared detector intensity; Pan-STARRS real sky colour is a separate visible-light g/r/i survey composite at the same sky position and field of view. The survey image is not SPHEREx data, and coverage is not available everywhere.

Data source: NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive (IRSA), SPHEREx SIA2 and IBE. The viewer extracts real FITS image, variance, quality-flag, and zodiacal layers from archive cutouts. Full FITS products remain available through their archive links.