SIRTF - Space Infrared Telescope Facility

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Jul 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992ssrv...61...95e&link_type=abstract

Space Science Reviews (ISSN 0038-6308), vol. 61, no. 1-2, p. 95-98.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Infrared Astronomy, Infrared Astronomy Satellite, Infrared Spectrometers, Space Infrared Telescope Facility, Cryogenic Cooling, Mirrors

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SIRTF (Space Infrared Telescope Facility), a one meter class cryogenically cooled observatory for infrared astronomy, is briefly discussed. The characteristics of the Infrared Array Camera, Infrared Spectrograph, and Multiband Imaging Photometer on SIRTF are summarized and the SIRTF characteristics are compared with those of IRAS. The key scientific aims and capabilities of SIRTF are outlined.

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