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Infrared Surveys Planned for ASTRO-F

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2016

Hiroshi Shibai
Hiroshi Shibai*
Affiliation:
Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan

Abstract

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The next survey mission, ASTRO-F, is scheduled for launch in 2005. This is the first Japanese satellite dedicated to infrared astronomy. The primary purpose of this project is to investigate the birth and evolution of galaxies in the early universe through deep, wide-field surveys at wavelengths ranging from 2 to 200 microns. In the far-infrared wavelength band, ASTRO-F will conduct an all-sky survey like the IRAS survey with several tens of times higher sensitivity and several times better spatial resolution. In the near- and mid-infrared, wide area sky-surveys will be conducted over pre-selected portions of the sky in 13 bands ranging from 2-200microns. In addition to these photometric surveys, low-resolution spectroscopic capabilities are available for all wavelength bands. The ASTRO-F mission will produce a fundamental database for the next generation of advanced observatories, for example Herschel, and JWST, and will complement the SIRTF mission by virtue of its wide sky coverage.

Type
Session VI: The Distant Universe
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 216: Maps of the Cosmos , 2005 , pp. 347 - 352
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2005 

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