In-flight performance and calibration of the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) for the Spitzer Space Telescope

Joseph L. Hora; Giovanni G. Fazio; Lori E. Allen; Matthew L. N. Ashby; Pauline Barmby; Lynne K. Deutsch; Jiasheng S. Huang; Massimo Marengo; S. Thomas Megeath; Gary J. Melnick; Michael A. Pahre; Brian Michael Patten; Howard A. Smith; Zhong Wang; Steven P. Willner; William F. Hoffmann; Judith L. Pipher; William J. Forrest; Craig W. McMurtry; Craig R. McCreight; Mark E. McKelvey; Robert E. McMurray Jr.; Samuel Harvey Moseley; Richard G. Arendt; John Eric Mentzell; Catherine Trout Marx; Dale J. Fixsen; Eric V. Tollestrup; Peter R. Eisenhardt; Daniel Stern; Varoujan Gorjian; Bidushi Bhattacharya; Sean J. Carey; William J. Glaccum; Mark David Lacy; Patrick J. Lowrance; Seppo Jalmari Laine; Brant O. Nelson; William T. Reach; John R. Stauffer; Jason A. Surace; Gillian Wilson; Edward L. Wright

doi:10.1117/12.550744

12 October 2004 In-flight performance and calibration of the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) for the Spitzer Space Telescope

Joseph L. Hora, Giovanni G. Fazio, Lori E. Allen, Matthew L. N. Ashby, Pauline Barmby, Lynne K. Deutsch, Jiasheng S. Huang, Massimo Marengo, S. Thomas Megeath, Gary J. Melnick, Michael A. Pahre, Brian Michael Patten, Howard A. Smith, Zhong Wang, Steven P. Willner, William F. Hoffmann, Judith L. Pipher, William J. Forrest, Craig W. McMurtry, Craig R. McCreight, Mark E. McKelvey, Robert E. McMurray Jr., Samuel Harvey Moseley, Richard G. Arendt, John Eric Mentzell, Catherine Trout Marx, Dale J. Fixsen, Eric V. Tollestrup, Peter R. Eisenhardt, Daniel Stern, Varoujan Gorjian, Bidushi Bhattacharya, Sean J. Carey, William J. Glaccum, Mark David Lacy, Patrick J. Lowrance, Seppo Jalmari Laine, Brant O. Nelson, William T. Reach, John R. Stauffer, Jason A. Surace, Gillian Wilson, Edward L. Wright

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Proceedings Volume 5487, Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Space Telescopes; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550744
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

The Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) is one of three focal plane instruments on board the Spitzer Space Telescope. IRAC is a four-channel camera that obtains simultaneous broad-band images at 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8.0 μm in two nearly adjacent fields of view. We summarize here the in-flight scientific, technical, and operational performance of IRAC.

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Joseph L. Hora, Giovanni G. Fazio, Lori E. Allen, Matthew L. N. Ashby, Pauline Barmby, Lynne K. Deutsch, Jiasheng S. Huang, Massimo Marengo, S. Thomas Megeath, Gary J. Melnick, Michael A. Pahre, Brian Michael Patten, Howard A. Smith, Zhong Wang, Steven P. Willner, William F. Hoffmann, Judith L. Pipher, William J. Forrest, Craig W. McMurtry, Craig R. McCreight, Mark E. McKelvey, Robert E. McMurray Jr., Samuel Harvey Moseley, Richard G. Arendt, John Eric Mentzell, Catherine Trout Marx, Dale J. Fixsen, Eric V. Tollestrup, Peter R. Eisenhardt, Daniel Stern, Varoujan Gorjian, Bidushi Bhattacharya, Sean J. Carey, William J. Glaccum, Mark David Lacy, Patrick J. Lowrance, Seppo Jalmari Laine, Brant O. Nelson, William T. Reach, John R. Stauffer, Jason A. Surace, Gillian Wilson, and Edward L. Wright "In-flight performance and calibration of the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) for the Spitzer Space Telescope", Proc. SPIE 5487, Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Space Telescopes, (12 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550744

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