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A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | © A Dictionary of Astronomy 1997, originally published by Oxford University Press 1997. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

near infrared That part of the electromagnetic spectrum covering the shorter infrared wavelengths, but with no well-defined limit at the longer-wavelength end. Broadly, the near infrared extends from the red end of the visible spectrum (approximately 0.7 μm, or 700 nm) to about 35 μm. In practice, the term is often used to describe the infrared windows in the atmosphere between 1 and 5 μm. The 0.7–1.0 μm region is sometimes known as the photographic infrared.

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