The Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) for the Spitzer Space Telescope

Details The Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) for the Spitzer Space Telescope The Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) for the Spitzer Space Telescope

2004-05-31

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0405616v1

Astrophys.J.Suppl.154:10-17,2004

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

7 pages, 3 figures. Accepted for publication in the ApJS. A higher resolution version is at http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/irac/pu

Scientific paper

10.1086/422843

The Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) is one of three focal plane instruments in the Spitzer Space Telescope. IRAC is a four-channel camera that obtains simultaneous broad-band images at 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8.0 microns. Two nearly adjacent 5.2x5.2 arcmin fields of view in the focal plane are viewed by the four channels in pairs (3.6 and 5.8 microns; 4.5 and 8 microns). All four detector arrays in the camera are 256x256 pixels in size, with the two shorter wavelength channels using InSb and the two longer wavelength channels using Si:As IBC detectors. IRAC is a powerful survey instrument because of its high sensitivity, large field of view, and four-color imaging. This paper summarizes the in-flight scientific, technical, and operational performance of IRAC.

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