1. Space infrared telescope facility (SIRTF) focal plane
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S. M. Hing, M. W. Werner, C. A. Leidich, and R. Ramos
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Physics ,Infrared ,business.industry ,Infrared telescope ,Bolometer ,Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Astronomy ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,Photometer ,law.invention ,Telescope ,Photometry (astronomy) ,Optics ,Cardinal point ,law ,Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics ,business ,Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics ,Infrared photography - Abstract
The Infrared Array Camera (IRAC), Multiband Imaging Photometer (MIP), and the Infrared Spectrometer (IRS) of the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) are described. The configuration and capabilities of the SIRTF are discussed. The small silicon array module, the germanium array module, and bolometer module of MIP, which is designed to provide sensitivity limited only by natural background and telescope emissions over the 3-200 micron spectral range, and allow diffraction limited imaging, super resolution techniques, mapping, and surveying, are examined. The objectives and design of the IRAC, which is constructed for two-dimensional photometry and imaging over a wavelength region from 2-30 microns and to perform extragalactic, galactic and solar system astronomy, are studied. The use of the IRS to study the dynamical and physical phenomena of the universe in the 2.5-200 micron range is analyzed.
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- 1986
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