The Infrared Space Observatory (ISO)

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Mar 1994

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Infrared Physics & Technology, Volume 35, Issue 2-3, p. 211-220.

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The Infrared Space Observatory (ISO), a fully approved and funded project of the European Space Agency (ESA), will operate at wavelengths from 2.5 to 200 μm. ISO will provide astronomers with a unique facility of unprecedented sensitivity for a detailed exploration of the universe ranging from objects in the solar system right out to the most distant extragalactic sources. The satellite essentially consists of a large liquid-helium cryostat, a telescope with a 60-cm diameter primary mirror and four scientific instruments. The instrument complement is: an imaging photo-polarimeter (2.5-200 μm), a camera (2.5-17 μm), a short wavelength spectrometer (2.5-45 μm) and a long wavelength spectrometer (45-180 μm). These instruments are being built by international consortia of scientific institutes and will be delivered to ESA for in-orbit operations. ISO is scheduled to be launched in 1995 and will be operational for at least 18 months. In keeping with ISO's role as an observatory, two-thirds of its observing time will be made available to the general astronomical community.

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