FIRST: Far Infrared and Submillimeter Space Telescope

Details FIRST: Far Infrared and Submillimeter Space Telescope FIRST: Far Infrared and Submillimeter Space Telescope

Dec 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990liaco..29...37f&link_type=abstract

In its From Ground-Based to Space-Borne Sub-mm Astronomy p 37-45 (SEE N91-21986 13-89)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Cosmology, Far Infrared Radiation, Spaceborne Astronomy, Spaceborne Telescopes, Submillimeter Waves, Bolometers, European Space Programs, Photometers, Spectrometers

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The Far Infra-Red and Submillimeter Space Telescope (FIRST), an element of the ESA long term science program, is described. It is foreseen as a large diameter (4.5 to 8 m) passively cooled telescope, equipped with a combination of photometer/camera and very high resolution spectrometers. The spectrometers will utilize direct detection and heterodyne techniques over the band wavelengths of 85 to 600 microns. The photometers will consist of bolometers and photoconductor array detectors. FIRST is foreseen to be launched shortly after the year 2000.

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