Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...21730101w&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #301.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) finished its first pass over the sky in 17 July 2010, and surveyed 12 percent of the sky a second time before the secondary hydrogen tank was exhausted. The 22 micron band saturated shortly thereafter. The second pass continues with three bands as of this writing, and has reobserved 28 percent of the sky six months after the first pass. WISE has found hundreds of very cold brown dwarf candidates, and hundreds candidate hyper-luminous infrared galaxies. Over 166 objects discovered by WISE have been discussed in Minor Planet Electronic Circulars. WISE has found more than 115 Near Earth Asteroids including at least 8 larger than 1 km diameter. The first data release from WISE will be a preliminary release of at least 55 percent of the sky in April, 2011.
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