THE WIDE-FIELD INFRARED SURVEY EXPLORER (WISE): MISSION DESCRIPTION AND INITIAL ON-ORBIT PERFORMANCE

L. Wright, E.; Eisenhardt, Peter; Mainzer, Amy; E. Ressler, Michael; M. Cutri, R.; H. Jarrett, T.; Davy Kirkpatrick, J.; Padgett, Deborah; S. McMillan, R.; F. Skrutskie, Michael; A. Stanford, S.; Cohen, Martin; G. Walker, Russell; C. Mather, John; Leisawitz, David; N. Gautier, T.; S. McLean, Ian; J. Benford, Dominic; J. Lonsdale, Carol; W. Blain, A.; J. Méndez, B.; R. Irace, William; Duval, Valérie; Liu, Fengchuan; Royer, D.; Heinrichsen, I.; Howard, Joan; Shannon, Mark; Kendall, M.; L. Walsh, Amy; F. Larsen, M.; Cardon, Joel; Schick, Scott; Schwalm, Mark; Abid, Mohamed; Fabinsky, Beth; G. Naes, L.; Tsai, Chao‐Wei

doi:10.1088/0004-6256/140/6/1868

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THE WIDE-FIELD INFRARED SURVEY EXPLORER (WISE): MISSION DESCRIPTION AND INITIAL ON-ORBIT PERFORMANCE

Published in The Astronomical Journal • Nov 9, 2010

Authors:

E. L. Wright

Peter Eisenhardt

Amy Mainzer

Abstract

The all sky surveys done by the Palomar Observatory Schmidt, the European Southern Observatory Schmidt, and the United Kingdom Schmidt, the InfraRed Astronomical Satellite, and the Two Micron All Sky Survey have proven to be extremely useful tools for astronomy with value that lasts for decades. The...

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Sky

Observatory

Ecliptic

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