Science with the Infrared Space Observatory

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Oct 1993

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Proc. SPIE Vol. 2019, p. 2-8, Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing, Marija S. Scholl; Ed.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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The Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) will be the first true infrared astronomical observatory in space, operating at wavelengths from 2.5 to 200 micrometers . Launched into a 24 hour orbit, the observatory will be capable of pointing on specific targets for up to ten hours at a time to make observations with a versatile range of instruments including a camera, a photometer, a complement of spectrophotometers and spectrometers with resolving powers ranging up to 20,000 and polarimetric capabilities over a wide spectral range. During its active lifetime of eighteen months, ISO will be used to observe all classes of astronomical phenomena, including solar system objects, stars, the interstellar medium, and galaxies of all kinds out to extreme distances.

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