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The infrared astronomical mission AKARI

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posted on 2023-06-08, 00:48 authored by H Murakami, H Baba, P Barthel, Seb OliverSeb Oliver, et al
AKARI, the first Japanese satellite dedicated to infrared astronomy, was launched on 2006 February 21, and started observations in May of the same year. AKARI has a 68.5 cm cooled telescope, together with two focal-plane instruments, which survey the sky in six wavelength bands from mid–to far-infrared. The instruments also have a capability for imaging and spectroscopy in the wavelength range 2-180µm in the pointed observation mode, occasionally inserted into a continuous survey operation. The in-orbit cryogen lifetime is expected to be one and a half years. The All-Sky Survey will cover more than 90% of the whole sky with a higher spatial resolution and a wider wavelength coverage than that of the previous IRAS all-sky survey. Point-source catalogues of the All-Sky Survey will be released to the astronomical community. Pointed observations will be used for deep surveys of selected sky areas and systematic observations of important astronomical targets. These will become an additional future heritage of this mission.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan

ISSN

0004-6264

Issue

S2

Volume

59

Page range

S369

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  • Physics and Astronomy Publications

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D. L. Clements, M. Cohen, Y. Doi, K. Enya, E. Figueredo, N. Fujishiro, H. Fujiwara, M. Fujiwara, P. Garcia-Lario, T. Goto, S. Hasegawa, Y. Hibi, T. Hirao, N. Hiromoto, S. S. Hong, K. Imai, M. Ishigaki, M. Ishiguro, D. Ishihara, Y. Ita, W.-S. Jeong, K. S. Jeong, H. Kaneda, H. Kataza, M. Kawada, T. Kawai, A. Kawamura, M. F. Kessler, D. Kester, T. Kii, D. Chan Kim, W. Kim, H. Kobayashi, B. C. Koo, S. M. Kwon, H. M. Lee, R. Lorente, S. Makiuti, H. Matsuhara, T. Matsumoto, H. Matsuo, S. Matsuura, T. G. Müller, N. Murakami, H. Nagata, T. Nakagawa, T. Naoi, M. Narita, M. Noda, S. H. Oh, A. Ohnishi, Y. Ohyama, Y. Okada, H. Okuda,, T. Onaka, T. Ootsubo, S. Oyabu, S. Pak, Y.-S. Park, C. P. Pearson, M. Rowan-Robinson, T. Saito, I. Sakon, A. Salama, S. Sato, R. S. Savage, S. Serjeant, H. Shibai, M. Shirahata, J. Sohn, T. Suzuki, T. Takagi, H. Takahashi, T. Tanabé, T. T. Takeuchi, S. Takita, M. Thomson, K. Uemizu, M. Ueno, F. Usui, E. Verdugo, T. Wada, L. Wang, T. Watabe, H. Watarai, G. J. White, I. Yamamura, C. Yamauchi, and A. Yasuda

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2012-02-06

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