The Infrared Space Observatory (ISO).
Abstract
ISO, scheduled to launch in 1995, will carry into orbit the most sophisticated infrared observatory of the decade. Overviews of the mission, instrument payload and scientific program are given, along with a comparison of the strengths of ISO and SOFIA.
- Publication:
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From Gas to Stars to Dust
- Pub Date:
- 1995
- Bibcode:
- 1995ASPC...73..659H
- Keywords:
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- Infrared Astronomy;
- Infrared Radiation;
- Infrared Space Observatory (Iso);
- Space Exploration;
- Spaceborne Astronomy;
- Astronomical Photometry;
- Cosmic Dust;
- Cosmology;
- European Space Programs;
- Interstellar Matter;
- Liquid Helium;
- Payloads;
- Polarimetry;
- Sofia (Airborne Observatory);
- Spectroscopy;
- Star Formation;
- Stellar Envelopes;
- Telescopes;
- Astronomy;
- Infrared Astronomy: Space Missions