The infrared camera (IRC) for AKARI - In-flight imaging performance and the post cryogen mission

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7010, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Wada, Takehiko ^a   Onaka, Takashi ^b   Matsuhara, Hideo ^a   Fujishiro, Naofumi ^a   Fujiwara, Hideaki ^b   Ishihara, Daisuke ^b   Ita, Yoshifusa ^c   Kataza, Hirokazu ^a   Kim, Woojung ^a   Matsumoto, Toshio ^a   Murakami, Hiroshi ^a   Ohyama, Youichi ^d   Oyabu, Shinki ^a   Sakon, Itsuki ^b   Tanabé, Toshihiko ^b   Tange, Tsutomu ^a   Takagi, Toshinobu ^a   Takita, Satoshi ^a,e   Uemizu, Kazunori ^b   Ueno, Munetaka ^a   Usui, Fumihiko ^a   Watarai, Hidenori ^f   Cohen, Martin ^g   Enya, Keigo ^a   Ootsubo, Takafumi ^a   Pearson, Chris P ^h,i   Takeyama, Norihide ^j   Yamamuro, Tomoyasu ^j   Ikeda, Yuji ^j   more..

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^e GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^f JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^j Mitaka Sangyo Plaza 601   (Japan)

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Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

AKARI; ASTRO-F; INFRARED ASTRONOMY; INFRARED CAMERA; INFRARED INSTRUMENTATION; SPACE MISSION;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; CAMERAS; INFRARED DEVICES; ION BEAMS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; RELAY CONTROL SYSTEMS; SPACE TELESCOPES; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; SURVEYS; TEMPERATURE INDICATING CAMERAS;

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 70349494392     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.789472     Document Type: Conference Paper

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