NASA SPHEREx · IPAC/IRSA DR1 · 0.75–5.0 µm
System status DR1 online

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0.75–5.0 µm spectral range6.2″ native pixels
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SPX-3-0334
Orion Molecular Cloud
7.33° tile · 51.5″/px
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SPHEREx launch
Falcon 9 · Vandenberg
2025-03-11
DR1 survey window opens
HiPS t_min
2025-04-24
DR1 HiPS cube built
HipsGen v12.900 · 102 channels
2026-11-01
Data Release 1 public
All-sky spectral cube
2026-11-12
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Imagery & science data: NASA / Caltech-IPAC SPHEREx DR1 via IRSA. Catalogue overlay: d3-celestial (BSD-3).StellarScope · created by Vaishal Anil & Parthiv — Team The Abyss, NASA Space Apps 2026AI: IFM K2 Horizon · NVIDIA Nemotron · Spectral Scout v2 (ONNX)