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Infrared Space Observatory

Infrared Space Observatory

A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | Copyright

Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) An ESA satellite for infrared astronomy, launched in 1995November into a 24-hour elliptical orbit. ISO carried a 0.6-m helium-cooled Ritchey–Chrétien telescope equipped with a camera (2.5–17 μm), an imaging photopolarimeter (2.5–240 μm), and two spectrometers (2.5–45 μm and 43–198 μm). http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=18
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Infrared Space Observatory see infrared astronomy .

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