Infrared camera (IRC) onboard ASTRO-F

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4850, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 179-190

  Wada, Takehiko ^a   Fujishiro, Naofumi ^a   Ishihara, Daisuke ^b   Kataza, Hirokazu ^a   Kim, Woojung ^a   Matsuhara, Hideo ^a   Matsumoto, Toshio ^a   Murakami, Hiroshi ^a   Onaka, Takashi ^b   Takeyama, Norihide ^b   Uemizu, Kazunori ^b   Ueno, Munetaka ^c   Watarai, Hidenori ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Nishi Harima Astron Observatory   (Japan)

Author keywords

ASTRO F; Infrared astronomy; Infrared camera; Infrared instrumentation; Space mission

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; BANDPASS FILTERS; CAMERAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ORBITS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SUN; SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

INFRARED CAMERAS (IRC);

INFRARED DETECTORS;

EID: 0038075509     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.461619     Document Type: Conference Paper

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