We observed an area of 10 d e g 2 of the Large Magellanic Cloud using the Infrared Camera (IRC) onboard AKARI. The observations were carried out using five imaging filters (3, 7, 11, 15, and 24 μm ) and the prism disperser ( 2 − 5 μm , λ/Δλ ∼ 20 ) equipped in the IRC. This paper presents an outline of the survey project and also describes very briefly the newly compiled near- to mid-infrared point source catalog. The 10σ limiting magnitudes are 17.9, 13.8, 12.4, 9.9, and 8.6 mag at 3.2, 7, 11, 15 and 24 μm , respectively. The photometric accuracy is estimated to be about 0.1 mag at 3.2 μm and 0.06 - 0.07 mag in the other bands. The position accuracy is 0.3" at 3.2, 7 and 11 μm and 1.0" at 15 and 24 μm . The sensitivities at 3.2, 7, and 24 μm are roughly comparable to those of the Spitzer SAGE LMC point source catalog, while the AKARI catalog provides the data at 11 and 15 μm , covering the near- to mid-infrared spectral range continuously.

ABSTRACT
1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE AKARI IRC LMC SURVEY PROJECT
3. OBSERVATIONS
    3.1. IRC Astronomical Observing Template and Pointing Observation Sequence
    3.2. Mapping Strategy
4. DATA REDUCTION
    4.1. Image Data Reduction
    4.2. Source Detection and Photometry
    4.3. Astrometric Calibration
5. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE POINT SOURCE CATALOG
6. SUMMARY
REFERENCES

• YOSHIFUSA ITA(Astronomical Institute, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University)
• DAISUKE KATO(Center for Low Carbon Society Strategy, Japan Science and Technology Agency)
• TAKASHI ONAKA(Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo)
• AKARI/LMC SURVEY TEAM