The infrared camera (IRC) on board the ASTRO-F: Laboratory tests and expected performance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5487, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 338-349

  Onaka, Takashi ^a   Fujishiro, Naofumi ^a   Ihara, Chiaki ^a   Ishihara, Daisuke ^a   Ita, Yoshifusa ^b   Kataza, Hirokazu ^b   Kim, Woojung ^a   Matsuhara, Hideo ^b   Matsumoto, Toshio ^b   Murakami, Hiroshi ^a,b   Sakon, Itsuki ^a   Uemizu, Kazunori ^c   Ueno, Munetaka ^a   Wada, Takehiko ^b   Watarai, Hidenori ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Nishi Harima Astron Observatory   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTRONOMY; CAMERAS; DIFFRACTION; FOCUSING; GALAXIES; INFRARED IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PLANETS; SPACE RESEARCH;

ASTRO-F; INFRARED ASTRONOMY; INFRARED CAMERAS; INFRARED INSTRUMENTATION; SPACE MISSION;

INFRARED INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 10044227395     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.550857     Document Type: Conference Paper

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