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The Infrared Astronomical Satellite Survey Of The Sky

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

T. Chester
T. Chester*
Affiliation:
IPAC, 100-22, California Institute of Technology, 1201 E. California Street, Pasadena, California 91125, U.S.A.

Abstract

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The Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) surveyed 98% of the sky during 1983 at the wavelengths of 12, 25, 60, and 100 μm. The survey was enormously successful, producing catalogs containing more than 300,000 sources as well as digital images of the entire covered sky. The IRAS survey has revolutionized several fields of astronomy and impacted nearly every field. This paper discusses the general characteristics of the IRAS survey and lists the major results obtained so far.

Type
Part II: Current Research
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 133: Mapping the Sky: Past Heritage and Future Directions , 1988 , pp. 341 - 348
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1988 

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