Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Aug 1998
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Proc. SPIE Vol. 3354, p. 940-951, Infrared Astronomical Instrumentation, Albert M. Fowler; Ed.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for IR Astronomy (SOFIA) will enable unprecedented IR acuity at wavelengths obscured from the ground. To help open this new chapter in the exploration of the IR universe, we are developing the Airborne IR Echelle Spectrometer (AIRES) as a facility science instrument. Full funding was awarded for a four year development in October, 1997. The instrument is scheduled to come on-line with the observatory in the Fall of 2001. It will be used to investigate a broad range of phenomena that occur in the interstellar medium. AIRES will use a 1200 mm long, 76 degree blaze angle echelle to combine high resolution spectroscopy with diffraction-limited imaging in the cross-dispersion direction. Its three 2D detector arrays will prove good sensitivity over a decade in wavelength. An additional array will be used as a slit viewer for (lambda)
Baltz James A.
Colgan Sean W.
Erickson Edwin F.
Haas Michael R.
Lynch Dana H.
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