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An infrared telescope is a telescope that uses infrared light to detect celestial bodies. Infrared light is one of several types of radiation present in the electromagnetic spectrum . All celestial objects with a temperature above absolute zero emit some form of electromagnetic radiation . [ 1 ]
1990 – Hubble 2.4m space Telescope launched, mirror found to be flawed; 1991 – Compton Gamma Ray Observatory satellite; 1993 – Keck 10-meter optical/infrared reflecting telescope begins operation, located at Mauna Kea, Hawaii; 1993 – Very Long Baseline Array of 10 dishes
Telescope History Archived 2021-02-14 at the Wayback Machine, NASA Official Website, accessed 02/09/2019 History of the Telescope , accessed 02/09/2019 List of astronomical observatories and telescopes , Encyclopedia Britannica, 02/09/2019
The huge infrared map comes in at 500 terabytes of data, making it the largest observational project ever carried out with an ESO telescope. Infrared light is invisible to the human eye, but it is ...
Infrared astronomy is a sub-discipline of astronomy which specializes in the observation and analysis of astronomical objects using infrared (IR) radiation. The wavelength of infrared light ranges from 0.75 to 300 micrometers, and falls in between visible radiation, which ranges from 380 to 750 nanometers , and submillimeter waves.
The Hubble Space Telescope Comparison between many space telescopes by diameter Overview of active and future telescopes (as of January 2021) This list of space telescopes ( astronomical space observatories ) is grouped by major frequency ranges : gamma ray , x-ray , ultraviolet , visible , infrared , microwave , and radio .
The SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) airborne platform observed in near- and mid-infrared. SOFIA had a larger aperture than Spitzer, but lower relative sensitivity. The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (FGRST), formerly known as the Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope, is a follow-on to Compton launched on 11 June 2008. [18]
The Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) was a space telescope for infrared light designed and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), in cooperation with ISAS (now part of JAXA) and NASA. The ISO was designed to study infrared light at wavelengths of 2.5 to 240 micrometres and operated from 1995 to 1998.