SIRTF's Infrared Array Camera (IRAC)

Details SIRTF's Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) SIRTF's Infrared Array Camera (IRAC)

Dec 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996aas...189.0307f&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, 189th AAS Meeting, #03.07; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 28, p.1274

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Scientific paper

The Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) is a four-channel imager packaged in a single module which is part of the SIRTF cyrogenic instrument volume. Simultaneous 5.12 x 5.12 arcmin images at 3.5, 4.5, 6.3 and 8.0 microns are provided with 25% bandwidth at each wavelength. The pixel size is 1.2 arcsec in all bands. Two adjacent fields of view in the SIRTF focal plane support the four channels in pairs (3.5 and 6.3 microns; 4.5 and 8.0 microns). All four detector arrays in the camera are 256 x 256 pixels in size, with the two short wavelength arrays using InSb and the two longer wavelength arrays Si:As as detector material. The IRAC sensitivity (5 sigma, 200 sec) at 3.5, 4.5, 6.3, and 8.0 microns is 4.1, 5.2, 29, and 49 microJansky, respectively. Two of the most important scientific objectives of IRAC will be to carry out surveys to study galaxy formation during the early stages of the Universe, and to search for brown dwarfs.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

SIRTF's Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with SIRTF's Infrared Array Camera (IRAC), we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and SIRTF's Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-814067