FAR-INFRARED IMAGING, POLARIMETRY, AND SPECTROPHOTOMETRY ON THE INFRARED SPACE-OBSERVATORY

被引:15
作者
LEMKE, D
GARZON, F
GEMUND, HP
GROZINGER, U
HEINRICHSEN, I
KLAAS, U
KRATSCHMER, W
KREYSA, E
LUTZOWWENTZKY, P
SCHUBERT, J
WELLS, M
WOLF, J
机构
[1] INST ASTROFIS CANARIAS, E-38200 LA LAGUNA, SPAIN
[2] MAX PLANCK INST RADIOASTRON, D-53010 BONN, GERMANY
[3] MAX PLANCK INST KERNPHYS, D-69029 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY
[4] UNIV EDINBURGH, DEPT ASTRON, ROYAL OBSERV, EDINBURGH EH9 3HJ, SCOTLAND
关键词
INFRARED TECHNOLOGY; INFRARED SPACE OBSERVATORY (ISO); ISOPHOT; INFRARED DETECTORS AND FILTERS; INTERNAL CALIBRATION; SENSITIVITY AND OPERATION;
D O I
10.1117/12.155398
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The infrared Space Observatory (ISO) photometer is one of four instruments on board the European Space Agency ISO satellite scheduled for launch in September 1995. It covers the wavelength range 2.5 to 240 mum with wide and narrow spectral bands. Diffraction-limited observations as well as wide-beam measurements of faint extended sources are possible. Polarimetric observations can be made over the whole wavelength range. The minimal detectable flux is approximately 10 mJy. The astronomical areas to be addressed range from solar system objects to cosmology.
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