The Herschel-SPIRE instrument

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Jan 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005esasp.577...17g&link_type=abstract

In: Proceedings of the dusty and molecular universe: a prelude to Herschel and ALMA, 27-29 October 2004, Paris, France. Ed. by A

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Instruments: Spire, Space Observatory: Herschel

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SPIRE, the Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver, is one of three instruments to fly on ESA's Herschel Space Observatory. SPIRE contains a three-band imaging photometer operating at 250, 360 and 520 μm, and an imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS) covering 200-670 μm. The photometer field of view of is 4×8 arcminutes, observed simultaneously in the three bands. A beam steering mirror allows spatial modulation of the telescope beam and will be used to jiggle the field of view to produce fully-sampled images. Observations can also be made by scanning the telescope without chopping. The FTS has an approximately circular field of view with a diameter of 2.6 arcminutes. The spectral resolution can be adjusted between 0.04 and 2 cm-1 (λ/Δλ=20-1000 at 250 μm). The instrument design, operating modes, and estimated sensitivity are described.

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