The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

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Dec 2009

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AKARI, a Light to Illuminate the Misty Universe ASP Conference Series, Vol. 418, proceedings of a conference held 16-19 February

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) will map the whole sky in the thermal infrared, filling a gap in sensitive all-sky surveys between the 2MASS near infrared survey and the AKARI Far-Infrared Survey. WISE will survey the sky in 6 months following its launch and in-orbit checkout. Launch is currently scheduled for November, 2009. WISE should cover more than 95% of sky with sensitivities of 120, 160, 650 & 2600 μJy or better in bands centered at 3.3, 4.7, 12 & 23 μm wavelength. The angular resolution should be 6 arcsec except at 23 μm where diffraction gives 12 arcsec.

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